About this release
Master filmmaker Fritz Lang directed this dark, haunting melodrama that centers on a lonely heiress who goes on vacation to Mexico and returns married to the publisher of a magazine on architecture. The honeymoon goes well, but as time passes, her husband's darker side begins to appear and the woman begins to fear that her beloved is a cold-blooded killer.
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Disc 1
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
99 min
ThrillerMysteryDramaRomance
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.
Credits
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Silvia Richards
Cast
Joan Bennettas Celia Lamphere
Michael Redgraveas Mark Lamphere
Anne Revereas Caroline Lamphere
Barbara O'Neilas Miss Robey
Natalie Schaferas Edith Potter
Paul Cavanaghas Rick Barrett
Anabel Shawas Intellectual Sub-Deb
Rosa Reyas Paquita
James Seayas Bob Dwight
Mark Dennisas David Lamphere
Cinematographer
Stanley Cortez
Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Editor
Arthur Hilton
Producer
Fritz Lang
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
- Editions
- Special Edition
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 1, 2026