INNER SANCTUM MYSTERY

US Release date: October 15 1948 (as Inner Sanctum)

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950

Genre: Crime

Country: USA 

Running time: 62 minutes.

Director: Lew Landers

Cast: Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Dale Belding

Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for three weeks from 27 January 1950 as support to Too Late for Tears

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	97	209
EF PPE	1.87	282
Metres Travelled	510,101	110
Average MT	9,810	274
Engagements	52	55
Slots	56	136
Weeks	4	188
Weeks as % of engagements	7.69%	224
Saturdays	37	16
Sats as % of engagements	71.15%	22
Tuesdays	11	167
Tues as % of engagements	21.15%	228
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	52	5
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	52
Ratio	100.00%
Difference to chain ratio	7.64%
Eng weeks 11-26	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-5.39%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	36
Ratio	69.23%
Difference to chain ratio	3.45%
Independent eng	5
Ratio	9.62%
Difference to chain ratio	-1.88%
Suburban eng	11
Ratio	21.15%
Difference to chain ratio	-1.57%

Notes: Film Classics mystery quicke picked up by Fox for Australia that scrambled up 97 EF points due to supporting Treasure of Sierra Madre for most of its suburban run. Hoyts dispensed with it after Week 6 then other houses eked out enough bookings to carry it through to a tenth week on screen.

Inner Sanctum Mystery engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
St.Kilda	Victory	Hoyts	1/4/50	1	W	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Malvern	New	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
South Yarra	Regent	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Brunswick	Padua	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	W	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Windsor	New	Hoyts	8/4/50	2	W	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Coburg	Grand	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	15/4/50	3	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	15/4/50	3	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	22/4/50	4	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	29/4/50	5	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	29/4/50	5	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	6/5/50	6	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	6/5/50	6	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
North Melbourne	Loco	Independent	6/5/50	6	T	2	Always Another Dawn
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	13/5/50	7	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Eltham	Plaza	Suburban	13/5/50	7	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Clifton Hill	Clifton	Suburban	13/5/50	7	W	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Box Hill	Regent	Suburban	20/5/50	8	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	20/5/50	8	T	2	Mr Perrin and Mr Traill
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	27/5/50	9	T	2	Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend
Preston West	Rivoli	Independent	3/6/50	10	S	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre