Strange Illusion (1945) On DVD

 Actor:          James Lydon, Sally Eilers, Regin Toomey, Warren William, Charles Arnt                                                                   
Director:      Edgar G. Ulmer
Genre:          Mystery
Year:             1945
Studio:          Films Around the World
Length:         80
Released:    December 20, 2011
Rating:          NR
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Adolescent Paul Cartwright believes that his father's death and his mother's plans for remarriage are not merely coincidental. This suspicion becomes solidified after he receives a letter written by his father before the man was found dead. Spurred on by this message from beyond the grave, Paul decides to feign insanity in the hopes of catching his mother's suitor off guard and exposing him as his father's murderer. Committed to an asylum by his mother at the prompting of her fiancé, Brett Curtin, the youth is subjected to intense scrutiny by the hospital staff. The plan nearly backfires in the sinister surroundings of the asylum, which drives Paul to the edge of sanity.