Behind Locked Doors (1948)
MURDER was the ONLY way out!
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he acts crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence, posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world.
- Date of release
- 1948-09-13
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Budd Boetticher
Casting
- Lucille Bremer — Kathy Lawrence
- Richard Carlson — Ross Stewart
- Douglas Fowley — Larson
- Ralf Harolde — Fred Hopps
- Thomas Browne Henry — Dr. Clifford Porter
- Herbert Heyes — Judge Finlay Drake
- Gwen Donovan — Madge Bennett
- Trevor Bardette — Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)
- Morgan Farley — Mental patient (uncredited)
- Kathleen Freeman — Nurse (uncredited)
- Dickie Moore — Mental patient (uncredited)
- Tor Johnson — 'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Behind Locked Doors is a 1948 film noir directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson and Tor Johnson.
Production
It was the first of a three picture deal Boetticher had with Eagle Lion films.
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