Behind Locked Doors

1948 PG-13 1h 2m

6.3 / 10 27

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6.3/10

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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.

Director Budd Boetticher

Writers

Eugene Ling Malvin Wald Malvin Wald

Stars

Lucille Bremer Richard Carlson Douglas Fowley

Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)

Morgan Farley

Mental patient (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Nurse (uncredited)

Dickie Moore

Mental patient (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)

John Holland

Dr. J.R. Bell (uncredited)

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Tony Horton

Trooper Captain (uncredited)

Wally Vernon

Maintenance Man (uncredited)

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Geronimo1967 9 Jul 2022

6/10

The snag with this little pot-boiler is that you have to leave your sense of realism in the foyer. "Judge Drake" (Herbert Hayes) is wanted for questioning by the police, but they can't find him. Meantime, local journalist "Kathy Lawrence" (Lucille Bremer) has an inkling that he has sought refuge in a sanatorium. She engages the help of PI "Ross Stewart" (Richard Carlson) to impersonate an insane p...

John Chard 9 Sep 2019

7/10

I'm not getting myself locked up in any nut-house on some hunch! Behind Locked Doors is directed by Oscar "Budd" Boetticher and written by Eugene Ling and Malvin Wald. It stars Richard Carlson, Lucille Bremer, Douglas Fowley, Ralf Harolde, Thomas Browne Henry, Herbert Heyes, Gwen Donovan and Tor Johnson. Music is by Irving Friedman and cinematography by Guy Roe. Private detective Ross Stewar...