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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

Secret Beyond the Door poster
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 163 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries a mysterious architect and moves into his eerie home. She begins to suspect that he has a dark secret and may be planning to kill her.

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What happens

Secret Beyond the Door is a 1947 American psychological horror thriller film and a modern updating of the Bluebeard fairytale, directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Lang's Diana Productions, and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Joan Bennett and was produced by her husband Walter Wanger. The black-and-white horror drama is about a woman who suspects her new architect husband plans to kill her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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