Behind Locked Doors (The Human Gorilla) (1948)
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36% of users liked it
(86 ratings)
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake (Herbert Heyes), free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart (Richard Carlson) has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile,… More Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake (Herbert Heyes), free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart (Richard Carlson) has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence (Lucille Bremer), posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world. But when Drake figures out what's going on, he pulls strings to have Stewart meet with an "accident" during his stay at the institution. Ralf Harolde, who memorably portrayed a seedy psychiatrist in Murder My Sweet, contributes another excellent performance in Behind Locked Doors as a sympathetic attendant with Something To Hide. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Budd Boetticher
- Written By
- Eugene Ling
- Genres
- Classics, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 3, 1948 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
A precursor to Samuel Fuller's great Shock Corridor (1964), Budd Boetticher's Behind Locked Doors (1948) is even tighter, though less stylized.
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Strange little mystery thriller, with some good visual style from director Budd Boetticher.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Stupefying dull.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Aside from being well directed, this melodrama has little else to recommend it.
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Cast
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Lucille Bremer
as Kathy Lawrence
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Richard Carlson
as Ross Stewart
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Douglas Fowley
as Larson
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Herbert Heyes
as Judge Drake
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Ralf Harolde
as Fred Hopps
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Gwen Donovan
as Madge Bennett
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Morgan Farley
as Topper
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Trevor Bardette
as Mr. Purvis
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Dickie Moore
as Jim
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Thomas Brown Henry
as Dr. Clifford Porter
- Tor Johnson
