Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

99 min · Crime, Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, Romantic Drama, drama film, film noir

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Directors

Fritz Lang

Cast

Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neil, Natalie Schafer, Rosa Rey, Mark Dennis

The story

New York heiress Celia Barrett and her lawyer Bob Dwight are on the verge of marriage, but he wants her to be sure so convinces her to vacation in Mexico with her friend Edith Potter. While there, Celia falls in love with and marries American architect Mark Lamphere. On their honeymoon, after she playfully locks him out of their hotel room, he turns cold towards her and abruptly leaves, claiming that he has urgent business at home and will make arrangements for her to follow.

Catalogue themes and tags

Anwesen, Architect, Fetishism, Hochzeit, Honeymoon, Jealousy, Lilac, Love of One's Life, Mexico, Mother Son Relationship, Neurosis, New York, Psychoanalysis, Room, Secretary, Sigmund Freud, Single Mother, Trauma, vater-sohn, Black-and-white, Film noir, Psychological thriller

Genres

Crime, Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, Romantic Drama, drama film, film noir

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