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Secret Beyond the Door( 1947)

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Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joan Bennett

      Celia Lamphere

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      Michael Redgrave

      Mark Lamphere

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      Anne Revere

      Caroline Lamphere

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      Barbara O'Neil

      Miss Robey

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      Natalie Schafer

      Edith Potter

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      Paul Cavanagh

      Rick Barrett

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      Anabel Shaw

      Intellectual Sub-Deb

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      Rosa Rey

      Paquita

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      James Seay

      Bob Dwight

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      Mark Dennis

      David Lamphere

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      Robert Barber

      Alter Boy (uncredited)

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      Ray Beltram

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Virginia Brissac

      Sarah (uncredited)

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      Ralph Brooks

      Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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      Albert Cavens

      Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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      Tom Chatterton

      Judge (uncredited)

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      David Cota

      Small Mexican Knife Fighter (uncredited)

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      Frank Dae

      Country Squire (uncredited)

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      Harry Denny

      College President (uncredited)

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      Watson Downs

      Conductor (uncredited)

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      Danny Duncan

      Ferret-Faced Man (uncredited)

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      Robert Espinoza

      Alter Boy (uncredited)

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      Virginia Farmer

      Levender Falls Wife (uncredited)

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      Paul Fierro

      Fighter (uncredited)

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      Herschel Graham

      Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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      Jesse Graves

      Train Porter (uncredited)

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      Marie Harmon

      Sub-Deb (uncredited)

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      Maria Haro

      Townswoman (uncredited)

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      Donald Kerr

      Ticket Man (uncredited)

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      Nolan Leary

      Station Agent (uncredited)

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      Ralph Littlefield

      Gothic Man (uncredited)

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      Donna Martell

      Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)

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      Hans Moebus

      Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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      Kay Morley

      Sub-Deb (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      Train Conductor (uncredited)

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      Bob Reeves

      Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

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      Pedro Regas

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Peggy Remington

      Dean of Women (uncredited)

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      Julian Rivero

      Proprietor (uncredited)

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      Tony Rodriquez

      Alter Boy (uncredited)

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      Paul Scardon

      Owl Eyes (uncredited)

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      Houseley Stevenson

      Andy (uncredited)

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      Wayne C. Treadway

      Beefy Man (uncredited)

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      Lucio Villegas

      Priest (uncredited)

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      Eddy Waller

      Lem (uncredited)

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      Crane Whitley

      Levender Falls Husband (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 07 2022
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • jealousy
    • mexico
    • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
    • love of one's life
    • single parent
    • clerk
    • architect
    • honeymoon
    • fetishism
    • psychoanalysis
    • room
    • neurosis
    • lilac
    • sigmund freud
    • film noir