Behind Locked Doors

"MURDER was the ONLY way out!"

Oct 1 1948 Approved 1h 2m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

A well-known judge has become a fugitive from the police, with a large reward on his head. A reporter believes that the judge is hiding in a private sanitarium, so she seeks out a private investigator and asks him to pretend to be insane, so that he can get inside the sanitarium and look for the judge. The investigator is admitted to the asylum, and encounters many dangers while trying to prove that the judge is there.

Written by

Malvin Wald, Eugene Ling

Directed by

Budd Boetticher

Cast

Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Aro Productions Inc.

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
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1,109
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
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