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Someone Behind the Door

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Someone Behind the Door
Film poster
Directed by	Nicolas Gessner
Produced by	Raymond Danon
Written by	Marc Behm Nicolas Gessner Jacques Robert Lorenzo Ventavoli
Starring	Charles Bronson Anthony Perkins Jill Ireland
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Edited by	Victoria Mercanton
Production company	Lira Films
Release dates	15 September 1971 (USA premiere)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	English

Someone Behind the Door is a French film directed by Nicolas Gessner. The original French title wasQuelqu'un derrière la porte, and in the UK it was twice retitled as Two Minds For Murder (theatrical title) and Brainkill (VHS title). The film was shot on location in Folkestone, England.^[1]Surgeon, intent on his research, neglects his wife Frances. The frustrated woman accordingly takes a lover, Paul Damien, a French journalist. When he realizes what is going on, Laurence has only one thing in mind, vengeance.

Plot[edit]

A neurosurgeon hires an amnesiac to murder his wife, believing that the man will have no memory of what he had done, providing him a perfect alibi

Principal cast[edit]

Actor	Role
Charles Bronson	The Stranger
Anthony Perkins	Laurence Jeffries
Jill Ireland	Frances Jeffries
Henri Garcin	Paul Damien
Adriano Magistretti	Andrew
Agathe Natanson	Lucy

Filming[edit]

Almost all of the film was shot at various locations inFolkestone. Key locations include Folkestone Harbour and Beach.^[2]