
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.


“He never dreamed what it would all lead to...and she didn't care !”
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.

Vincent Price
Dr. Richard Cross

Lynn Bari
Nurse Elaine Jordan

Frank Latimore
Lt. Paul Stewart

Anabel Shaw
Mrs. Janet Stewart

Stephen Dunne
Dr. Stevens (as Michael Dunne)

Reed Hadley
District Attorney O'Neill
Renee Carson
Miss Hatfield - Head Nurse

Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Franklin Harvey

Robert Adler
Frank - Male Nurse

Harry Carter
Sanitarium Orderly
Shock is a thriller, drama film released in 1946 exploring themes of infidelity, amnesia, nurse, murder, mental institution, mad doctor. Directed by Alfred L. Werker, it stars Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore. In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
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