MysteryThrillerDramaRomance

Secret Beyond the Door

- Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!

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.

Release Date : 1947-12-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Diana ProductionsUniversal PicturesMelange Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Celia Lamphere

Original Name : Joan Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mark Lamphere

Original Name : Michael Redgrave

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline Lamphere

Original Name : Anne Revere

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Robey

Original Name : Barbara O'Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edith Potter

Original Name : Natalie Schafer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rick Barrett

Original Name : Paul Cavanagh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Intellectual Sub-Deb

Original Name : Anabel Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paquita

Original Name : Rosa Rey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bob Dwight

Original Name : James Seay

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Lamphere

Original Name : Mark Dennis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alter Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Barber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Beltram

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Brissac

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Original Name : Albert Cavens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Chatterton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small Mexican Knife Fighter (uncredited)

Original Name : David Cota

Gender : Male

Character Name : Country Squire (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Dae

Gender : Male

Character Name : College President (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Denny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conductor (uncredited)

Original Name : Watson Downs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ferret-Faced Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Danny Duncan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alter Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Espinoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Levender Falls Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Farmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fighter (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Fierro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Original Name : Herschel Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Porter (uncredited)

Original Name : Jesse Graves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sub-Deb (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Harmon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Townswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Maria Haro

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ticket Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Donald Kerr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Nolan Leary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gothic Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Littlefield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Donna Martell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Original Name : Hans Moebus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sub-Deb (uncredited)

Original Name : Kay Morley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Train Conductor (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Pedro Regas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean of Women (uncredited)

Original Name : Peggy Remington

Gender : Female

Character Name : Proprietor (uncredited)

Original Name : Julian Rivero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alter Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Rodriquez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Owl Eyes (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Scardon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andy (uncredited)

Original Name : Houseley Stevenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beefy Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Wayne C. Treadway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest (uncredited)

Original Name : Lucio Villegas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lem (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddy Waller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Levender Falls Husband (uncredited)

Original Name : Crane Whitley

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

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.