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Dr. Clive Riordan
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Obsession, released in the United States as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk. It is based on the 1947 novel A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
The Hidden Room: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne, Phil Brown. Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1950-01-08
Not as well known as Edward Dmytryk's groundbreaking film noirs of the forties, Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Crossfire (1947), Obsession (1949, aka The Hidden Room) is nonetheless a gripping psychological thriller that builds considerable menace and tension in its bleak trajectory of events.
- Edward Dmytryk
- Robert Newton
In London, psychiatrist Clive Riordan (Robert Newton) suspects that his cool and polished wife, Storm (Sally Gray), is having yet another affair....
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- Edward Dmytryk
- Mystery & Thriller
- Robert Newton
Mar 6, 2022 · Obsession, released in the USA as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the 1947 book A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
- 92 min
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- MinimalisT ChanneL
Obsession is a remarkably effective transposition of Edward Dmytryk's noir sensibility to the soundstages of Pinewood. The script explicitly highlights US-British tensions, both in the dialogue at a gentlemen’s club expressing contemporary concern at British dependence on American dollars to finance post-war recovery, and in the casting of ...
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