Secret Beyond the Door
Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!
Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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1947
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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.
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Details
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
24 Dec 1947
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,500,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Probably the most psychoanalytically oriented of his features, and because it's Lang, the murkiness is mainly a strength.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
25 Feb 2013
fresh:
Mr. Lang is still a director who knows how to turn the obvious, such as locked doors and silent chambers and roving spotlights, into strangely tingling stuff.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
4 Apr 2011
rotten:
Mental complexities of the principals makes it sometimes hard to sort out the various motivations used to spin the tale.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
4 Apr 2011
fresh:
[Lang's] direction is masterly, imposing meanings and tensions through images that are spare, resonant and astonishingly beautiful. A remarkable film.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
4 Apr 2011