The Door with Seven Locks

December. 20,1940      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad doctor uses an iron maiden to systematically eliminate the heirs to the fortune.

Leslie Banks as  Dr. Manetta
Lilli Palmer as  June Lansdowne
Cathleen Nesbitt as  Ann Cody
David Horne as  Edward Havelock
Romilly Lunge as  Dick Martin
Richard Bird as  Inspector Cornelius 'Andy' Sneed
J.H. Roberts as  Luis Silva
Aubrey Mallalieu as  Lord Charles Francis Selford
Harry Hutchinson as  Bevan Cody
Charles Paton as  Handwriting Expert (Uncredited)

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Reviews

Perry Kate
1940/12/20

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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AniInterview
1940/12/21

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Exoticalot
1940/12/22

People are voting emotionally.

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Mandeep Tyson
1940/12/23

The acting in this movie is really good.

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HEFILM
1940/12/24

Yes that's what I said this movie feels like a movie made 12 years before it was. Good and great movies always seem new and fresh poor ones always seem older and staler than they are.The sound of the film Is thin with an even thinner occasional music score that sounds like someone forgot to turn the radio off in a room next door. The camera never moves and the actors rarely do either.There is no mystery here for starters mostly talk. We know who the bad guys are all the time and what the keys are for and since none of it leads to any suspense set pieces....There seems rarely any point to it and it's a very long short movie, if you know what I mean.The few shootings and two fights are mostly done in a stagey fashion but would not be convincing on stage either. The one fight scene near the end is pretty good.Actors Palmer and Banks don't have much to do the rest of the cast isn't terrible but aren't very memorable either. There is a lame sinister butler character, lamely executed. Banks doesn't get much screen time but the movie is at its best when he's on screen.Yes there is a chamber of horrors but it has little to do with the story. It does lead to one pretty good scene with Banks being tortured--the best scene in the film thanks mostly to his acting.Wallace movies can be loaded with outlandish jeopardy and suspense of horror elements--this one doesn't feel much like Wallace though as it lacks most of these elements. There is one locked room mystery scene but it's not followed up on.Yes this is a low budget film which may forgive some of it's lack of flavor but the script is a talk fest and the direction dull and a film with a talky.The film was released on blu ray, one assumes the best the film is ever going to look, and it looks flat and grainy with some sound drop outs and almost blown out whites.Much of this may have more to do with crude post production to start with.So what's left is you like actors Banks and Palmer and HAVE to see everything they are in you'll be satisfied to feel you've done your duty in sitting through this one, but you'll need some coffee or sugar to keep you going

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Wolfbrother1983
1940/12/25

It's an old dark house tale crossed with a old style whudunnit. It's based on "The Door With Seven Locks" by Edgar Wallace. It's title in the UK was "The Door With Seven Locks". The alternate title was by Monogram Pictures for a U.S. release.When a wealthy lord dies, his last wishes include locking his treasure behind a door with seven locks. Greed, plotting & murder develop in a pursuit for the keys and the truth behind the locked tomb.Lilli Palmer played the leading lady. She looks marvelous in this film. The male co-lead is a detective type (and her love interest).There is also an irritable cop, partially used for comic relief. The leading ladies friend is similarly used.If you like old dark house type films, and old films in general, it's a solid watch.

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artpf
1940/12/26

A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.So many of these movies were made in the 30s and early 40s.Prior to the Film noir of the next decade.Some are better than others. This one is a bit above the average.There's a funny scene with the girl in the bath and when she gets out, another woman wraps her in a plaid towel. When she pulls it around her you can see she' wearing bloomers.The sets are opulent as was the case back then and there's lots of fun intrigue.Give it a shot on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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BaronBl00d
1940/12/27

A wealthy man dies leaving a huge treasure in his personal tomb with seven interlocking doors and keys to be used to get into the tomb after a period of time after his death. Chamber of Horrors tells the story of avarice, murder, and intrigue that happens as a result of this tomb and treasure. This is a fun film with lots of suspense, classic hokey comedy, and some stellar character acting. The evil guy, named Dr. Manetta, needs one more key in order to get the treasure, and one Lili Palmer stands in his way as the real heiress to the fortune and possessor of the last key. Dr. Manetta dresses in capes, has a great aristocratic "foreign" accent, has a trained monkey perch on his shoulder and follow him on a leash, and collects horrific hardware, devices used for torture. He utters great one-liners left and right, saying to his henchmen about the shame in killing the young heiress,"She played Chopin delightfully." The actor playing this role in none other than Leslie Banks, General Zaroff from The Most Dangerous game. He is in just as fine form here and really breathes what life this film has in gale strength. Banks puts on an acting seminar as he waltzes through this role of sadism and wit. The other actors are all capable and seem to have some talent. The torture room is very impressive. A neat little, seldom seen film. Try it as a second feature after The Most Dangerous Game. Every time I watch Banks I wish he had done more films. He is just incredibly good at playing incredibly bad men!

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