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Overview

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Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Writers:
Silvia Richards (screenplay) and
Ranald MacDougall (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 July 1947 (USA) more
Plot:
A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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How to Get Any Old Warner Bros Film on DVD
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Scary Woman Indeed! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joan Crawford ... Louise Howell

Van Heflin ... David Sutton
Raymond Massey ... Dean Graham
Geraldine Brooks ... Carol Graham
Stanley Ridges ... Dr. Willard
John Ridgely ... Chief investigator of drowning
Moroni Olsen ... Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist
Erskine Sanford ... Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
Peter Miles ... Wynn Graham (as Gerald Perreau)
Jakob Gimpel ... Walter Sveldon - pianist (as Jacob Gimpel)
Isabel Withers ... Nurse Rosen
Lisa Golm ... Elsie - Graham's maid in DC
Douglas Kennedy ... District Attorney at inquest
Monte Blue ... Norris - lake house caretaker
Don McGuire ... Dr. Craig - Dr. Willard's asst.
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Secret (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) (1947) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11828, Adult Audience)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bette Davis was originally offered the role of Louise, but turned it down to go on maternity leave. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the opening sequence, while Louise is wandering the streets of Los Angeles, her shoes change from pumps to sling-backs and back again. more
Quotes:
David Sutton: Tommy, you may take a short rest and then start mixing me another! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Possessed: The Quintessential Film Noir (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437 more

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7 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Scary Woman Indeed!, 8 May 2004
Author: Pocketplayer from Burbank, CA

Joan Crawford was born to play this role. She's a scary woman. You can't fake those looks. With five marriages herself (even tho that wasn't the case in 1947, it was in her future) she knew this subject matter very well. I don't know what it is about Crawford, but she's scary. She seems so unbalanced as a person that this role was PERFECT for her.

I watched this film on cable (Turner movies) only to see who Raymond Massey was. As a Seinfeld fan, there's an episode where Kramer's physique is compared to Raymond Massey.he's got a `Raymond Massey like physique.'

I was drawn into the mood of the movie and Crawford's seriously co-dependent personality. Her portrayal of a possessed woman in love was dead on. Many times these type of women look so perfect on the outside, working in a `servant' type position, so quiet on the outside with a wicked inner life brewing. Crawford nailed this personality.again, too perfectly.

I'm amazed at the depth of characters older movies have and the rather intense subject matter. I'm always amazed at how little life really has changed.wipe out technology and people are basically people.jealousy, anger, envy, strife.the Bible is true, all have fallen short, in 100AD, 1947, or 2004.

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