Weird Woman

Weird Woman
Theatrical poster
Directed byReginald Le Borg
Screenplay byBrenda Weisberg
Story byW. Scott Darling
Based onConjure Wife
by Fritz Leiber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Edited byMilton Carruth
Music byPaul Sawtell
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 1, 1944 (1944-03-01) (United States)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Weird Woman is a 1944 noir-mystery horror film, and the second installment in The Inner Sanctum Mysteries anthological film series, which was based on the popular radio series of the same name. Directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, and Evelyn Ankers.[1][2] The movie is one of several films based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. Co-star Evelyn Ankers had previously worked with Chaney in Ghost of Frankenstein, where Chaney played the Frankenstein monster, and The Wolf Man, where Chaney played the title role.

  1. ^ Maddrey, Joseph (2012-02-15). Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482740.
  2. ^ Dixon, Wheeler W. (1998). The Transparency of Spectacle: Meditations on the Moving Image. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791437810.