STRANGE ILLUSION - DVD-TROMA TEAM VIDEO

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• Release Year: 1945
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death, has a strange, recurring dream in which his mother falls in love with a dangerous man (Brett Curtis), a dream which also contains the image of his father's death in an automobile accident under mysterious circumstances. Through the help of his friend, a psychiatrist, Paul realizes that his dream is coming true, and that his mother is falling under Curtis's influence. Curtis, in fact, is a homicidal maniac who lives as an out-patient at the sanitarium of the unscrupulous Dr. Muhlbach. When Curtis makes an attempt to marry Paul's mother, Paul intervenes, and after a series of events discovers the truth behind his dreams.
• Cast: Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William
• Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
• Runtime: 87 min
• Media Format: movie