{{short description|1945 film by Terry O. Morse}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Fog Island
| image = Fog Island FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = | director = Terry O. Morse | producer = Terry O. Morse (associate producer)<br>Leon Fromkess (producer) | writer = Pierre Gendron (screenplay)<br>Bernadine Angus (play ''Angel Island'') | narrator = | starring = See below | music = Karl Hajos | cinematography = Ira H. Morgan | editing = George McGuire | distributor = Producers Releasing Corporation | released = {{Film date|1945|02|15|United States}} | runtime = 72 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Fog Island''''' is a 1945 American mystery-suspense film directed by Terry O. Morse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/24412?sid=b35c6081-fdc0-41f0-9a3a-a5d9e3cd50c2&sr=4.165624&cp=1&pos=0|title=AFI-Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The film stars B movie horror film regulars George Zucco and Lionel Atwill.<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/fog-island-v18019|title=Fog Island (1945) - Terrell O. Morse - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It was based on the 1937 play ''Angel Island'' by Bernadine "Bernie" Angus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/21574/Fog-Island/screenplay-info.html|title=Fog Island (1945) - Screenplay Info - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
==Plot== A recent ex convict named Leo Grainer lives secluded on Fog Island with the daughter of his murdered wife. Seeking to learn who murdered her, and to exact revenge on those who framed him and destroyed his business, he invites his former associates to his creepy island mansion on the pretext he may share a hidden fortune with them.
Prior to their arrival he rigs the mansion with secret passages and a trap. Then, once his guests arrive, he gives each a clue, including his step daughter and butler. This successfully pits everyone against the others and plays on their greed. What then transpires is conflict, revealed mysteries, sudden death, and an unlikely resolution.
==Cast== *Lionel Atwill as Alec Ritchfield *George Zucco as Leo Grainer *Jerome Cowan as Kavanaugh *Sharon Douglas as Gail *Veda Ann Borg as Sylvia * John Whitney as Jeff *Jacqueline deWit as Emiline Bronson *Ian Keith as Dr. Lake *George Lloyd as Allerton - Butler
==Production== The rights to the play on which the film was based had been sold by ''The New York World-Telegram'' for $30,000. But, this is highly suspect as it became a PRC Release and the studio would only give less than $200 to writers for the final script. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
==Soundtrack== * Sharon Douglas and Karl Hajos - "Liebestraum (Love's Dream)" by Franz Liszt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/92078|title=AFI-Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Allmovie noted "An early low-budget spin on ''Ten Little Indians''," calling it "cheap but entertaining."<ref name=allmovie/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Fog Island}} {{Wikiquote}} *{{IMDb title|id=0037711|title=Fog Island}} *{{Internet Archive film|id=Fog_island_1945|name=Fog Island}} *{{TCMDb title|21574|Fog Island}} *[https://archive.org/stream/variety158-1945-04#page/n75/mode/1up Review of film] at ''Variety''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fog Island}} Category:1945 films Category:1945 horror films Category:American mystery horror films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Producers Releasing Corporation films Category:American films based on plays Category:1945 mystery films Category:Films scored by Karl Hajos Category:1945 English-language films Category:1945 American films Category:English-language horror films Category:English-language mystery films
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