Movie Cosmos - Secret Beyond the Door

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

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

Anabel Shaw

As Intellectual Sub-Deb

Rosa Rey

As Paquita

James Seay

As Bob Dwight

Mark Dennis

As David Lamphere

Robert Barber

As Alter Boy (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

As Townsman (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

As Sarah (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

As Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Albert Cavens

As Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Tom Chatterton

As Judge (uncredited)

David Cota

As Small Mexican Knife Fighter (uncredited)

Frank Dae

As Country Squire (uncredited)

Harry Denny

As College President (uncredited)

Watson Downs

As Conductor (uncredited)

Danny Duncan

As Ferret-Faced Man (uncredited)

Robert Espinoza

As Alter Boy (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer

As Levender Falls Wife (uncredited)

Paul Fierro

As Fighter (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

As Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

As Train Porter (uncredited)

Marie Harmon

As Sub-Deb (uncredited)

Maria Haro

As Townswoman (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

As Ticket Man (uncredited)

Nolan Leary

As Station Agent (uncredited)

Ralph Littlefield

As Gothic Man (uncredited)

Donna Martell

As Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

As Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Kay Morley

As Sub-Deb (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

As Guest in Home Tour (uncredited)

Pedro Regas

As Waiter (uncredited)

Peggy Remington

As Dean of Women (uncredited)

Julian Rivero

As Proprietor (uncredited)

Tony Rodriquez

As Alter Boy (uncredited)

Paul Scardon

As Owl Eyes (uncredited)

Houseley Stevenson

As Andy (uncredited)

Wayne C. Treadway

As Beefy Man (uncredited)

Lucio Villegas

As Priest (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

As Lem (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

As Levender Falls Husband (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Fritz Lang

Director, Producer

Silvia Richards

Screenplay

Walter Wanger

Executive Producer, Presenter

Stanley Cortez

Director of Photography

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Arthur Hilton

Editor

Max Parker

Production Design

John P. Austin

Set Decoration

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Rufus King

Story

Carmen Dirigo

Hairstylist

William Holland

Assistant Director

Glenn E. Anderson

Sound

Leslie I. Carey

Sound

Robert Cormack

Animation

Eugene Zador

Orchestrator

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

I rather enjoyed this film - Fritz Lang leaves much of the intrigue to emanate from own imagination. "Celia" (Joan Bennett) meets and quickly falls in love with Michael Redgrave ("Mark"), an enigmatic gent from a family that has known better days. They decamp to his remote family mansion where she meets his sister, and his teenage son - of whom she was hitherto unaware. Things all start to take a turn for the strange once she arrives; her husband collects "rooms" - he recreates the rooms where historically macabre events have happened. There is a room in their home that he keeps locked - what's inside? Her paranoia, fuelled by some eerily lit scenarios and a good, suspicion-arousing performance from Redgrave gradually builds into quite a tense denouement. It has shades of "Rebecca" (1940) about it - the sister "Caroline" (Anne Revere) assuming the role of the mysteriously obsessive third party and there is enough ambiguity going on to keep it interesting until the end.

2022-07-07