Charles Laughton
Sire Alain de Maletroit
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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.
- Universal-International Pictures
- "The Sire De Malétroits Door", by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 31 October 1951
- Ted Richmond
The Strange Door. 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.
- (1.2K)
- Joseph Pevney
- Approved
- Horror, Thriller
Noble-born cad Dennis (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, twenty years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead and subsequently passed away during childbirth....
- Joseph Pevney, Jesse Hibbs
- Charles Laughton
Story. The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
The Strange Door. A 17th-century French nobleman (Charles Laughton) keeps kin in his castle dungeon, complete with water-wheel wall crusher.
- (122)
- Joseph Pevney
- Horror
- Charles Laughton
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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.
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.
