
Someone Behind the Door(1971)
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.


“HALF-ANGEL......HALF-DEVIL, she made him HALF-A-MAN! ...she flaunted his hopes, taunted his dreams, turned his peaceful valley into a volcano of seething passions that even murder could not stem!”
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.

Diana Dors
Phyllis Hochen

Rod Steiger
Paul Hochen

Tom Tryon
San Sanders

Beulah Bondi
Emma Hochen

Marie Windsor
Gwen

Arthur Franz
Father Stephen Hochen

Luis van Rooten
Ezra Benton

Joe De Santis
Gino Verdugo

Argentina Brunetti
Theresa

Steve Pendleton
Deputy Bob Watkins
The Unholy Wife is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of infidelity, jealous husband. Directed by John Farrow, it stars Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon. A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
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