Strange Illusion

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Strange Illusion ★★ ½ Out of the Night 1945

Unbalanced teen Lydon believes his mother, about to remarry, was responsible for his father's death. He feigns insanity in a plan to catch her, but is sent to an asylum, where he nearly goes insane for real. Slow and implausible, but creepy enough to hold your interest. 87m/B VHS, DVD . Jimmy Lydon, Warren William, Sally Eilers, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George Reed, Jayne Hazard; D: Edgar G. Ulmer; W: Adele Comandini; C: Philip Tannura; M: Leo Erdody.

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