Behind Locked Doors (1948)
MURDER was the ONLY way out!
1948 · NR · 1h 2m · Thriller, Crime
Genres: Thriller, Crime
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.
Director: Budd Boetticher
Writers: Eugene Ling, Malvin Wald
Music by: Albert Glasser
Cinematography: Guy Roe
Editor: Norman Colbert
Cast
Lucille Bremer as Kathy LawrenceRichard Carlson as Ross StewartDouglas Fowley as LarsonRalf Harolde as Fred HoppsThomas Browne Henry as Dr. Clifford PorterHerbert Heyes as Judge Finlay DrakeGwen Donovan as Madge BennettTrevor Bardette as Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)Morgan Farley as Mental patient (uncredited)Kathleen Freeman as Nurse (uncredited)Dickie Moore as Mental patient (uncredited)Tor Johnson as 'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)More like this
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