Secret Beyond the Door 1947
Secret Beyond the Door
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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Full Cast & Crew... Celia Lamphere
... Mark Lamphere
... Caroline Lamphere
... Miss Robey
... Edith Potter
... Rick Barrett
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See All 1 Reviews07 Jul 2022 by CinemaSerf
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.
Release Date:
Dec 24, 1947 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 39`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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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.
Cast & Crew of
Secret Beyond the Door
Directors & Credit Writers
... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Celia Lamphere
... Mark Lamphere
... Caroline Lamphere
... Miss Robey
... Edith Potter
... Rick Barrett
... Intellectual Sub-Deb
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Rosa Rey... Paquita
... Bob Dwight
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Mark Dennis... David Lamphere
... Alter Boy (uncredited)
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Ray Beltram... Townsman (uncredited)
... Sarah (uncredited)
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Ralph Brooks... Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)
... Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)
... Judge (uncredited)
DC
David Cota... Small Mexican Knife Fighter (uncredited)
... Country Squire (uncredited)
HD
Harry Denny... College President (uncredited)
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Watson Downs... Conductor (uncredited)
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... Executive Producer
... Producer