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Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 13, 1948

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Thriller, Crime

User Score

62%

Original Title

Behind Locked Doors

Production Companies

Aro Productions Inc.

Director

Budd Boetticher

Description

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.