Based on the late 40s radio mystery plays, 'Inner Sanctum' is a fascinating little noir about what happens to dodgy people who share close quarters.
Told from the view of a flashback on a train, we meet Harold, who after finding himself on the run from the police because of a murder he's involved in takes lodgings in a boarding house run by a kindly woman and her husband. What becomes apparent soon after arriving however is that Harold has seen the couple's son Billy somewhere before. Surely he couldn't be the same boy that Harold tried to murder near the train station after Billy witnessed something he shouldn't have? And why does the beautiful woman who also lives in the boarding house find him so interesting? Can Harold keep up the charade of innocence, or is he already starting to crack?
I found this little known noir rather excellent, and it's so worth the wait.
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