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Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

1948 · 62 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (27 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 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.

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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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