Secret Beyond the Door... 1947

Critics score:
54 / 100

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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Mr. Lang is still a director who knows how to turn the obvious, such as locked doors and silent chambers and roving spotlights, into strangely tingling stuff. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Probably the most psychoanalytically oriented of his features, and because it's Lang, the murkiness is mainly a strength. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: [Lang's] direction is masterly, imposing meanings and tensions through images that are spare, resonant and astonishingly beautiful. A remarkable film. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Mental complexities of the principals makes it sometimes hard to sort out the various motivations used to spin the tale. Read more