Quelqu’un derrière la porte (1971) - film review

Crime / Drama

Summary

Laurence Jeffries is a renowned neuro-psychiatrist. At his clinic in Folkestone, he receives a new and interesting subject, a man who knows nothing about his past. Unwittingly, the amnesiac is to play a crucial part in a Machiavellian plot devised by Jeffries. The latter knows that his wife Frances is having an affair with another man, Paul Damien. Jeffies intends to convince his patient that Damiens is responsible for the death of his one true love, thereby programming him to seek revenge against a man he has never met. It will be the perfect crime...

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Credits

Director: Nicolas Gessner
Script: Marc Behm, Nicolas Gessner, Jacques Robert, Lorenzo Ventavoli
Photo: Pierre Lhomme
Music: Georges Garvarentz
Cast: Charles Bronson (The Stranger), Anthony Perkins (Laurence Jeffries), Jill Ireland (Frances Jeffries), Henri Garcin (Paul Damien), Adriano Magistretti (Andrew), Agathe Natanson (Lucy), Viviane Everly (Young Girl on Beach), André Penvern (Intern), Carl Studer (Fisherman), Denise Péronne (Nurse), Isabelle Del Rio (Nurse), Silvana Blasi (Mrs. Evans), Colin Mann (Sgt. Gordon), Yves Elliot (Policeman)
Country: France
Language: English
Runtime: 97 min
Aka: Brainkill; Quelqu’un derriere la porte; Someone Behind the Door; Two Minds for Murder

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