Inner Sanctum.

A murder melodrama in which a girl learns of her fate from a chance acquaintance. She ignores the prophecy and meets with disaster.

The film follows a murderer who is on the run and hiding out in a small town. The story begins on a train at night where an elegantly dressed woman meets a mysterious foreigner. She is fascinated when he is able to predict every shake and bump of the train, and every flickering moment of darkness, an instant before they occur. A boy who is sharing his room with the stranger realises he has witnessed the man killing a woman.

Credits

Cast
Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes
Complete catalog record
INNER SANCTUM. M.R.S. Pictures, Inc. Released by Film Classics, Inc., c1948. 62 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A murder melodrama in which a girl learns of her fate from a chance acquaintance. She ignores the prophecy and meets with disaster. Credits: Producers, Samuel Rheiner, Walter Shenson; director, Lew Landers; original screenplay, Jerome Todd Gollard; music, Leon Klatzkin; music director, Emil Newman; film editor, Fred R. Feitshans, Jr. Cast: Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Billy House, Dale Belding, Fritz Leiber. © M.R.S. Pictures, Inc.; 18Sep48; LP2023.