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The Strange Door | |
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Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
Screenplay by | Jerry Sackheim[1] |
Based on | "The Sire De Malétroits Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Produced by | Ted Richmond[1] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Irving Glassberg[1] |
Edited by | Edward Curtiss[1] |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Universal-International Pictures[2] |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures[2] |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English[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]