Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

1948 · 62 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (24 votes)
Dir. Budd Boetticher · Starring Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde, Thomas Browne Henry, Herbert Heyes

MURDER was the ONLY way out!

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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.

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A chilling descent into a world of manufactured madness and shadowy conspiracies. The walls feel like they're closing in as a detective infiltrates an asylum, blurring the lines between sanity and deceit in this gripping noir.

suspensefulclaustrophobicparanoidnoirsteadyfilm noirperiod dramathrillerpsychologicaldeceptionmental illnesscorruptioninvestigation
insane asylumfilm noir
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