Someone Behind the Door
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Someone Behind the Door

No memory, no name, no mind: This man will act out someone else's insanity and revenge.

5.5 / 10 1971 1h 33mNR English
ThrillerCrimeDrama

Storyline

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.

Cast & Crew

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

The Stranger

Lead
Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Laurence Jeffries

Jill Ireland

Jill Ireland

Frances Jeffries

Henri Garcin

Henri Garcin

Paul Damien

Agathe Natanson

Agathe Natanson

Lucy

André Penvern

André Penvern

Intern

Denise Péronne

Denise Péronne

Nurse

Carl Studer

Carl Studer

Fisherman (as Carl J. Studer)

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nicolas Gessner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Someone Behind the Door is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker