Review of Behind Locked Doors

For anyone who cares . . . . the basic plot here, and especially the denouement of this movie, involving the wrestler-turned-actor Tor Johnson, was repeated in part in the Peter Gunn episode "See No Evil," complete with Johnson's reprise of essentially the same part, in the same setting, and practically the same set-up. There's no doubt that writer/creator Blake Edwards had seen this picture at some point, and the most compelling part obviously stuck in his mind. Both are extremely violent sequences in which Johnson is absolutely riveting and terrifying -- as well as tragic -- in his screen presence, and neither would work as well with any other actor in the role; no wonder Ed Wood was inspired to add him to his stock company.