Secret Beyond the Door

“Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!”

6.5(157)19471h 39m

MysteryThrillerDramaRomance

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.

Director

Fritz Lang

Budget

$1.5M

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Cast

Joan Bennett

Celia Lamphere

Michael Redgrave

Mark Lamphere

Anne Revere

Caroline Lamphere

Barbara O'Neil

Miss Robey

Natalie Schafer

Edith Potter

Paul Cavanagh

Rick Barrett

Anabel Shaw

Intellectual Sub-Deb

Rosa Rey

Paquita

James Seay

Bob Dwight

Mark Dennis

David Lamphere

Robert Barber

Altar Boy (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Townsman (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

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 ...