Three Secrets (1950)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Robert Wise

Writers:

Martin Rackin (written by) and
Gina Kaus (written by)

Release Date:

29 June 1951 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California...

Plot Keywords:

Mountain | Rescue | Plane Crash | California | Adoption

Cast

Eleanor Parker	...	Susan Adele Connors Chase
Patricia Neal	...	Phyllis Horn
Ruth Roman	...	Ann Lawrence
Frank Lovejoy	...	Bob Duffy
Leif Erickson	...	Bill Chase
Ted de Corsia	...	Del Prince
Edmon Ryan	...	Hardin
Larry Keating	...	Mark Harrison
Katherine Warren	...	Mrs. Connors
Arthur Franz	...	Paul Radin

Also Known As:

Rock Bottom (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #14170) | UK:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Mt. Waterman, Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Company:

United States Pictures

Trivia:

Final film of Billy Bevan.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Three Secrets (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I Get a Kick out of You

This Is No Secret-A Wonderful Film ****

This marvelous 1950 film deals with 3 women who gave up their baby boy for adoption. 5 years later, the child is involved in a plane crash that killed his parents. Each of the women believe that the boy is theirs.

Patricia Neal, as one of the women, is a hard-nosed reporter. As with the others, the film goes back to show the situation that would lead them to give up the baby. Neal had divorced her husband only to learn that she was a reporter. A career woman, she could never care for a child or hold on to her marriage.

Then there is Ruth Roman who went to prison for killing her boyfriend. The latter wanted her to have an abortion when she told him of her pregnancy.

Eleanor Parker is a sweet woman who gave up an illegitimate child and is now happily married. You're rooting for Parker to be the mother. She can provide the boy with the proper upbringing. True, it will mean that she will have to tell her husband about her past, but she can provide the right nurturing environment.

Of course, the 3 women will come to the mountain area where the boy is in the plane. Neal will have to use her paper connections to get to who the real mother is.

As a reader, please connect to this film via your video store. It's well worth the trip.

Naturally, each of the women