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13/09/1948 Thriller, Crime 1h 2m
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MURDER was the ONLY way out!

Overview

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.

  1. Budd Boetticher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Lucille Bremer

    Kathy Lawrence

  2. Richard Carlson

    Ross Stewart

  3. Douglas Fowley

    Larson

  4. Ralf Harolde

    Fred Hopps

  5. Thomas Browne Henry

    Dr. Clifford Porter

  6. Herbert Heyes

    Judge Finlay Drake

  7. Gwen Donovan

    Madge Bennett

  8. Trevor Bardette

    Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)

  9. Morgan Farley

    Mental patient (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-09-09
I'm not getting myself locked up in any nut-house on some hunch!

Behind Locked Doors is directed by Oscar "Budd" Boetticher and written by Eugene Ling and Malvin Wald. It stars Richard Carlson, Lucille Bremer, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde, Thomas Browne Henry, Herbert Heyes, Gwen Donovan and Tor Johnson. Music is by Irving Friedman and cinematography by Guy Roe.

Private detective Ross Stewart (Carlson) is coerced into going undercover at the La Siesta Sanitarium in search of a corrupt judge that reporter Kathy Lawrence (Bremer) believes is hiding out there. Getting himself committed unde...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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