Inner Sanctum is a 1948 American Film noir directed by Lew Landers based on the Simon and Schuster book series of the same name and the Inner Sanctum .br br A criminal on the run from the police after committing a murder hides out in a small town boarding house where he attracts the interest of one of the women and .br br br br br br A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.