The Strange Door

The Strange Door
The theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Screenplay byJerry Sackheim[1]
Based on"The Sire De Malétroits Door"
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced byTed Richmond[1]
Starring
CinematographyIrving Glassberg[1]
Edited byEdward Curtiss[1]
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Universal-International Pictures[2]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[2]
Release date
  • 31 October 1951 (1951-10-31)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish[2]

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 Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Its alternative title was Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Weaver 2017, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Strange Door". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Strange Door". AllMovie. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 353-354

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