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Behind Locked Doors (1948)
Directed by Budd Boetticher
“MURDER was the ONLY way out!”
Thriller, Crime · 1h 02m
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.
Cast
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
G
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)
Crew
- Director
- Budd Boetticher
- Screenplay
- Eugene Ling, Malvin Wald
- Director of Photography
- Guy Roe
- Editor
- Norman Colbert
- Producer
- Eugene Ling
Details
- Release date
- 1948-09-13
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Aro Productions Inc., Eagle-Lion Films (US)