Behind Locked Doors
1948
MURDER was the ONLY way out!
Directed by Budd Boetticher
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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.
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- Director
- Budd Boetticher
- Written by
- Eugene Ling, Malvin Wald
- Produced by
- Eugene Ling
- Cinematographer
- Guy Roe
- Editor
- Norman Colbert
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Human Gorilla
- TMDB
- 6.3/10 (27 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.5/10 (987 votes)
Cast
Lucille Bremer
Kathy Lawrence
Richard Carlson
Ross Stewart
Douglas Fowley
Larson
Ralf Harolde
Fred Hopps
Thomas Browne Henry
Dr. Clifford Porter
Herbert Heyes
Judge Finlay Drake
Gwen Donovan
Madge Bennett
Trevor Bardette
Mr. Purvis - a Patient (uncredited)
Morgan Farley
Mental patient (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Nurse (uncredited)
Dickie Moore
Mental patient (uncredited)
Tor Johnson
'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)
John Holland
Dr. J.R. Bell (uncredited)
Tony Horton
Trooper Captain (uncredited)
Wally Vernon
Maintenance Man (uncredited)
Crew
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