Abstract: A door mechanism for making a door openable from the opposite side edges and the opposite sides thereof including an automobile door having a frame plate having a locking projection extending into the door; a hinge attached to the frame plates for hinging the opposite side edges of the door to an automobile body; and a door latch in the door adjacent each side edge, each door latch having: a locking pawl adjacent the side edge of the door for locking or freeing the frame plate to the door; a linkage for moving the locking pawl; an operating plate mounted in the door and having the linkage connected thereto for engaging the locking pawl with the locking projection when the plate is rotated in one direction and for disengaging the locking pawl from the locking projection when the plate is rotated in the other direction; a first door handle having a first door handle link connected with the operating plate and a second door handle having a second door handle link connected with the operating plate; a spring conn