Secret Beyond the Door
Following a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress weds a man she scarcely knows. She soon discovers his New York residence is populated by his peculiar circle of relatives, and features macabre rooms that are faithful replicas of infamous murder sites. A single locked chamber harbors the key to her husband's obsession and reveals the truth behind what happened to his first wife.
Director(s)
Fritz Lang
William Holland
Dorothy Hughes
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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's inside? Her paranoia, fuelled by some eerily lit scenarios and a good, suspicion-arousing performance from Redgrave gradually builds into quite a tense denouement. It has shades of "Rebecca" (1940) about it - the sister "Caroline" (Anne Revere) assuming the role of the mysteriously obsessive third party and there is enough ambiguity going on to keep it interesting until the end.
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Secret Beyond the Door FAQs
The directors of Secret Beyond the Door are Fritz Lang, William Holland, and Dorothy Hughes.
The cast of Secret Beyond the Door includes Pedro Regas as Waiter (uncredited), Jesse Graves as Train Porter (uncredited), Ralph Brooks as Guest in Home Tour (uncredited), Frank Dae as Country Squire (uncredited), Donald Kerr as Ticket Man (uncredited), Hans Moebus as Guest in Home Tour (uncredited), Herschel Graham as Guest in Home Tour (uncredited), James Seay as Bob Dwight, Albert Cavens as Guest in Home Tour (uncredited), Michael Redgrave as Mark Lamphere, Paul Fierro as Fighter (uncredited), Lucio Villegas as Priest (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Secret Beyond the Door is 1h 39 mins.
Secret Beyond the Door was released on 24 Dec 1947.
Secret Beyond the Door is listed under Mystery, Thriller, Drama, and Romance on Fanbiz.
Secret Beyond the Door has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
