Quelqu'un derrière la porte (1971)
Directed by Nicolas Gessner

Crime / Drama
aka: Two Minds for Murder

Film Synopsis

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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Film Credits

  • Director: Nicolas Gessner
  • Script: Lorenzo Ventavoli, Marc Behm, Nicolas Gessner, Jacques Robert (story)
  • Cinematographer: 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
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 97 min
  • Aka: Two Minds for Murder ; Someone Behind the Door

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