Behind Locked Doors

MURDER was the ONLY way out!

Duration: 62 min

Release date: 1948-09-13

IMDB

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.

Thriller Crime

Behind Locked Doors

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Kathy Lawrence

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

as Ross Stewart

Thomas Browne Henry

Thomas Browne Henry

as Dr. Clifford Porter

as Judge Finlay Drake

as Madge Bennett

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

as Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)

as Mental patient (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Mental patient (uncredited)

as 'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)

as Dr. J.R. Bell (uncredited)

as Trooper Captain (uncredited)

as Maintenance Man (uncredited)

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Budd Boetticher

Budd Boetticher

Joan St. Oegger

Joan St. Oegger

James T. Vaughn

James T. Vaughn

Production Supervisor

Assistant Director

Robert Pritchard

Robert Pritchard

George J. Teague

George J. Teague

Camera Operator

Still Photographer

Costume Supervisor

Irving Friedman

Irving Friedman

Script Supervisor

Director of Photography

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