Charles Laughton
Sire Alain de Maletroit
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The Strange Door is a 1951 American horror film, [3] 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 ...
The opening title card reads: "Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door." The film's working title was The Door. Hollywood Reporter production charts indicate that Nathan Juran worked as art director for the first week of filming, after which Eric Orbom took over his position. The extent of Juran's contribution to the final film has not been ...
- Joseph Pevney, Jesse Hibbs
- Charles Laughton
The Strange Door: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley. Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead, then passed away during childbirth.
- (1.3K)
- Horror, Thriller
- Joseph Pevney
- 1951-12-03
The wicked Alain, Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), plots elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund (Cavanagh). Twenty years previously, Alain's lover left him for Edmund and they ran away to marry; she died in childbirth. Alain imprisoned Edmund in the dungeon of the family manor, and convinced his young niece Blanche that her father ...
Joseph Pevney. Director. Jerry Sackheim. Screenplay. Robert Louis Stevenson. Story. 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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The Strange Door is a 1951 gothic horror film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, and Sally Forrest. The film follows a group of travelers who become trapped in the castle of the sadistic Count de St. Alyre (Laughton), who has a sinister plan for his guests. Laughton delivers a chilling performance as the ...
Reunited for the first time since 1932's The Old Dark House, Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff star in the second-echelon Universal melodrama The Strange Door. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story, the film casts Laughton as unhinged French aristocrat Alan De Maletroit.
