Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

6.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

26

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1948

Release Year

62 min

Runtime

Thriller

Crime

Overview

Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence, posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world.

Keywords

insane asylum

film noir

Cast

Lucille Bremer

Lucille Bremer

Kathy Lawrence

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

Ross Stewart

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Larson

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

Fred Hopps

Thomas Browne Henry

Thomas Browne Henry

Dr. Clifford Porter

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

Judge Finlay Drake

Gwen Donovan

Madge Bennett

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)

Morgan Farley

Morgan Farley

Mental patient (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Nurse (uncredited)

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Reviews(2)

6.5avg rating

John Chard

John Chard

September 9, 2019

7

7/10

I'm not getting myself locked up in any nut-house on some hunch! Behind Locked Doors is directed by Oscar "Budd" Boetticher and written by Eugene Ling and Malvin Wald. It stars Richard Carlson, Lucille Bremer, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde, Thomas Browne Henry, Herbert Heyes, Gwen Donovan and Tor …

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

July 9, 2022

6

6/10

The snag with this little pot-boiler is that you have to leave your sense of realism in the foyer. "Judge Drake" (Herbert Hayes) is wanted for questioning by the police, but they can't find him. Meantime, local journalist "Kathy Lawrence" (Lucille Bremer) has an inkling that he has sought refuge in …

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