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Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door

6,5 /10 (165 Votes)
1947 EN 99 min

Overview

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

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Release date

24/12/1947

Votes

165

Popularity

1.9

Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

99 min

Budget

$1,500,000

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Celia Lamphere

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Mark Lamphere

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

Caroline Lamphere

Barbara O'Neil

Barbara O'Neil

Miss Robey

Natalie Schafer

Natalie Schafer

Edith Potter

Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

Rick Barrett

Anabel Shaw

Anabel Shaw

Intellectual Sub-Deb

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Rosa Rey

Paquita

James Seay

James Seay

Bob Dwight

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Mark Dennis

David Lamphere

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Robert Barber

Altar Boy (uncredited)

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Ray Beltram

Townsman (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Sarah (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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Albert Cavens

Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Judge (uncredited)

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David Cota

Small Mexican Knife Fighter (uncredited)

Frank Dae

Frank Dae

Country Squire (uncredited)

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Harry Denny

College President (uncredited)

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Watson Downs

Conductor (uncredited)

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Danny Duncan

Ferret-Faced Man (uncredited)

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Robert Espinoza

Altar Boy (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer

Virginia Farmer

Levender Falls Wife (uncredited)

Paul Fierro

Paul Fierro

Fighter (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Jesse Graves

Train Porter (uncredited)

Marie Harmon

Marie Harmon

Sub-Deb (uncredited)

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Maria Haro

Townswoman (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Ticket Man (uncredited)

Nolan Leary

Nolan Leary

Station Agent (uncredited)

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Ralph Littlefield

Gothic Man (uncredited)

Donna Martell

Donna Martell

Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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Kay Morley

Sub-Deb (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

Bob Reeves

Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Pedro Regas

Pedro Regas

Waiter (uncredited)

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Peggy Remington

Dean of Women (uncredited)

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Julian Rivero

Proprietor (uncredited)

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Tony Rodriquez

Altar Boy (uncredited)

Paul Scardon

Paul Scardon

Owl Eyes (uncredited)

Houseley Stevenson

Houseley Stevenson

Andy (uncredited)

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Wayne C. Treadway

Beefy Man (uncredited)

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Lucio Villegas

Priest (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller

Lem (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

Crane Whitley

Levender Falls Husband (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-07

⭐ 7

I rather enjoyed this film - Fritz Lang leaves much of the intrigue to emanate from own imagination. "Celia" (Joan Bennett) meets and quickly falls in love with Michael Redgrave ("Mark"), an enigmatic gent from a family that has known better days. They decamp to his remote family mansion where she meets his sister, and his teenage son - of whom she was hitherto unaware. Things all start to take a turn for the strange once she arrives; her husband collects "rooms" - he recreates the rooms where historically macabre events have happened. There is a room in their home that he keeps locked - what'…

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