Fresh
Probably the most psychoanalytically oriented of his features, and because it's Lang, the murkiness is mainly a strength.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Secret Beyond the Door
Some Men Destroy What They Love Most!
1947 · 1h 39m · Approved
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Fritz Lang Director
- Joan Bennett as Celia Lamphere
- Michael Redgrave as Mark Lamphere
- Anne Revere as Caroline Lamphere
- Barbara O'Neil as Miss Robey
- Natalie Schafer as Edith Potter
- Paul Cavanagh as Rick Barrett
- Mark Dennis as David
- Anabel Shaw as Intellectual Sub-Deb
- Rosa Rey as Paquita
- Donna Martell as Young Mexican Girl
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
Mental complexities of the principals makes it sometimes hard to sort out the various motivations used to spin the tale.
Variety Staff, Variety
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
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