The Strange Door (1951)
The Strange Door (1951)
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Plot.
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Laughton
Sire Alain de Maletroit
Boris Karloff
Voltan
Sally Forrest
Blanche de Maletroit
Richard Wyler
Denis de Beaulieu
William Cottrell
Corbeau
Alan Napier
Count Grassin
Morgan Farley
Renville
Paul Cavanagh
Edmond de Maletroit
Michael Pate
Talon
Marion Gray
Mary Bayless
Jerry Sackheim
Screenplay
Joseph Pevney
Director
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Eric Orbom
Art Direction
Frank Skinner
Music
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Hans J. Salter
Music
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Ted Richmond
Producer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Edward Curtiss
Editor
William Lava
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Music
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Herman Stein
Music
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Nathan Juran
Art Direction
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Robert Louis Stevenson
Short Story
Robert Laszlo
Props
George Bruggeman
George Calliga
Herbert Evans
Franklyn Farnum
William H. O'Brien
Frank O'Connor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
torture
dungeon
based on short story
17th century
chateau
secret passage
kidnapping
arranged marriage
gothic horror
trapped
water wheel
Wiki.
The Strange Door is a 1951 American horror film, released by Universal Pictures, and starring Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest and Richard Stapley. Karloff's role is actually a supporting one but his name carried significant weight in the billing. The picture was directed by Joseph Pevney and was based on the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Its alternative title was Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door.
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