we have all get to start somewhere and it be in film like escape in the fog that somebody like budd boetticher could learn his trade before turn out good film . in fact the film be date before it even hit the movie go public on june 25 and 1945. the war on europe be over for almost two month and of course not even harry cohn could control the event of history . so i be wonder why even back then the public do not question why a nazi spy ring be help out the japanese . another very bad historical inaccuracy be that the fbi have nothing to do with the pacific or asian theater . the cloak and dagger stuff be the territory of the os in that part of the world . when youre an fbi man like william wright it sure good to have a psychic girl friend like nina foch . he about to go on a mission to the orient to deliver the name of key underground leader to start a general uprising in china against the japanese occupation . german who have be bug otto kruger house learn of this and the whole movie be spend with these guy who have already lose the war try to help their ally . who and by the way and they refer to a jap . when foch be sideswipe by a speeding car and knock unconscious she dream about wright danger and see what be about to happen to him on the golden gate bridge . she go there and foil the plot . all the stuff you would expect from a nice noir film be there and the foggy atmosphere of san francisco and the dimly lit set and budd boetticher try his best a do the cast . but they just weren not convince and probably because they do not believe this claptrap themselves . it possible and but not likely that nina foch dream and it psychic consequence might have be more developed and the development be leave on the cutting room floor . i think it be just a lousy screenplay . and budd and harry cohn at columbia picture have the fast move event of history go against them here .