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Alice Reinheart

Everett Sloane

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Inner Sanctum 51-02-19 The Smile of Death.mp3

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Episode 494

The Smile of Death

Monday, February 19, 1951 · 14:09

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Episode 494

The Smile of Death

Monday, February 19, 1951 · 14:09

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ABC net

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The script was previously used on Inner Sanctum on December 4, 1943 with the title, "Death Has A Vacancy." After handing a hotel night clerk a lot of money for safekeeping, an old man dies...with a smile on his face. The first 14:03 of the program.

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