Lon Chaney Jr. is a research chemist working for pharmaceuticals manufacturer J. Carroll Naish. Naish not only makes all the money. He takes the credit. Chaney doesn't care. He has his wife, Brenda Joyce, and his son, and his very useful work. He's working on something to cure influenza, and Naish wants to rush it into production, but Chaney has all the data in his head, so Naish lets him have his way. When Chaney wants to go to South America with research assistant Lloyd Bridges, he agrees; his men have stolen Chaney's notes, so while Chaney is off perfecting the drug, Naish will produce a far less effective drug.... and seduce Miss Joyce.
It's the fifth of sixth 'Inner Sanctum' movies produced at Universal I'm the mid-1940s, a remake of 1934's THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD. It's quite clearly a cheap programmer, but it's a lead role for Chaney, pretty near the end of his starring phase, and he gives his usual good, tragic performance.
I do wonder what the FDA is doing about the events in this movie. As I write this, the 2019 Coronavirus is spreading around the world, with lots of panic, talks about pandemics, Internet nonsense about fighting it by drinking bleach - which will almost certainly kill the virus, as well as the people who drink it. Let's hope that the legitimate drug companies can come up with something to fight it.
It's the fifth of sixth 'Inner Sanctum' movies produced at Universal I'm the mid-1940s, a remake of 1934's THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD. It's quite clearly a cheap programmer, but it's a lead role for Chaney, pretty near the end of his starring phase, and he gives his usual good, tragic performance.
I do wonder what the FDA is doing about the events in this movie. As I write this, the 2019 Coronavirus is spreading around the world, with lots of panic, talks about pandemics, Internet nonsense about fighting it by drinking bleach - which will almost certainly kill the virus, as well as the people who drink it. Let's hope that the legitimate drug companies can come up with something to fight it.