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Behind Locked Doors

“MURDER was the ONLY way out!”

Director
Budd Boetticher
Year
1948
Runtime
1h 2m
Rated
NR
Release
1948
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

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The story

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.

  • #film noir
  • #insane asylum

  • Directed by

    Budd Boetticher

  • Written by

    Eugene Ling & Malvin Wald

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