The Locked Door

On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

as Ann Carter

Rod La Rocque

as Frank Devereaux

William 'Stage' Boyd

as Lawrence Reagan

Betty Bronson

as Helen Reagan

Harry Stubbs

as The Waiter

Harry Mestayer

as District Attorney

Mack Swain

as Hotel Proprietor

Zasu Pitts

as Telephone Girl

George Bunny

as The Valet

Purnell Pratt

as Police Officer

Reviews

CinemaSerf

We start off here on a fine liner amidst a raid that sees "Ann" (Barbara Stanwyck) getting caught up with the rake that is "Devereaux" (Rod La Rocque) and photographed by the police. Skip forward a while and now she is married to the loving and respectable "Lawrence" (William Boyd) and living with h...

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