| The Frozen Ghost | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold Young |
| Produced by | Will Cowan |
| Written by | Harrison Carter, Henry Sucher |
| Starring | Lon Chaney, Jr. Evelyn Ankers |
| Music by | Richard Hageman William Lava Hans J. Salter Paul Sawtell Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
| Editing by | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 1, 1945 |
| Running time | 61 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Frozen Ghost (1945) is a mystery film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Evelyn Ankers, and directed by Harold Young. It is the fourth of the six "Inner Sanctum" mystery films.
Chaney plays the role of Gregor the Great, a stage mentalist, who is humiliated by a drunk member of his audience. He places the man under hypnosis while feeling furious with him, and the man dies while in the trance. Gregor is then convinced that he hypnotized him to death.
Gregor is ridden with guilt and takes refuge in the residential quarters of a wax museum, owned by a friend, Valerie Monet (Tala Birell). Valerie, her niece Nina (Elena Verdugo), and Gregor's former stage assistant, Maura Daniel (Evelyn Ankers) pursue him romantically. Something suspicious begins to happen when Valerie mysteriously disappears.