Behind Locked Doors

1948 "MURDER was the ONLY way out!"
6.6| 1h2m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 13 September 1948 Released
Producted By: Aro Productions Inc.
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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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.

Genre

Thriller, Crime

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Director

Budd Boetticher

Production Companies

Aro Productions Inc.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Maddyclassicfilms Behind Locked Doors is directed by Budd Boetticher and has a screenplay by Malvin Wald and Eugene Ling, the film stars Richard Carlson and Lucille Bremer.Ross Stewart(Richard Carlson)is a private investigator who's hired by reporter Kathy Lawrence(Lucille Bremer)to find a corrupt judge. Kathy believes the judge is being hidden at a local sanatorium, she asks Ross to pretend to be a manic depressive and they'll pretend to be married so she can ask for doctors help and get him admitted to the sanatorium. Once inside it's hoped he can locate the judge. Once inside he faces the danger of really going insane and not being discovered.This is a very good Noir that deserves a great deal more attention. The plot with him going undercover in the sanatorium is interesting, there is real emotional and psychological risk there and it makes for some really tense moments. Carlson and Bremer are both very good.
mark.waltz For private detective Richard Carlson, a job is a job, and a risk is an every day occurrence. But in his latest assignment, he is forced to go behind locked doors as a patient in a private institution. Reporter Lucille Bremer hires him for the assignment with the hopes for getting the scoop on a crooked judge whom she believes to be hiding there. Danger lurks around every corner here, and the film only briefly details the reasons why some of these dangerous patients are there. But the majority of the staff is ruthless and abusive, and the head of the agency is clearly up to no good. An evil orderly gets the goods on Clarkson which leads to a violent scene where he locked in the same cell as the silent (but deadly deranged) Tor Johnson (of all people!) for a fist-pounding workover.At just over an hour, this poverty row film noir takes you into the mad world of a madhouse gone nuts thanks to stop at nothing to put some extra cash into their pocket. Even though this is obviously made on the cheap, it keeps you glued because there just isn't time for nonsense. The actors do their best to flesh out the characters with little help from the stream-lined screenplay, but tight editing, excellent photography and a tense atmosphere makes for a surprisingly gripping thriller.One of the patients is played by Dickie Moore who, like in "Out of the Past", plays a character that never speaks and is protected by an overworked orderly, perhaps the only compassionate character working in the private institution.
Aaron Igay Move along, there is nothing to see here. This was a completely forgettable film that takes place entirely inside a sadistic sanitarium. Now at first that may sound promising but with boring characters and ridiculous situations you will soon find yourself losing interest in this short b-movie. This film stars Richard Carlson who also featured in "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." Do you remember his standout performance in that classic? Yeah, me neither. The directer Oscar Boetticher, would go on to direct many successful Westerns, but only after he changed his name to Bud. Apparently his new studio never bothered to Google him.
Sycotron Any movie with Tor can't be all bad and it isn't. Tor gets to do what he does best. Act menacing and remain mute. The main plot of the movie has to do with a female reporter convincing a private eye to go undercover into a sanitarium. Inside he finds abuse and corruption.