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Critical response. When the film was released, the staff at Variety magazine gave the film a mixed review, writing, "There's too much unintended mystery about A Woman's Secret for it to be anything but spotty entertainment ... O’Hara gives a straightforward account of herself.
49 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. fun with some terrific performances. blanche-2 28 August 2005. Maureen O'Hara confesses to shooting her protégée (Gloria Grahame) in "A Woman's Secret," costarring Melvyn Douglas. Though this is a drama, it actually has a witty script, a light touch, and wonderful performances.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A alternative take on the 'mystery' crime drama, but by no means an exhilarating one with a subdued conclusion.
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- Maureen O'hara
- Nicholas Ray
- Drama
A Woman's Secret (1949) is a jealous woman murder melodrama with film noir pretensions, which casually mixes the woman genre with the thriller to create a mood movie.
A Woman's Secret. Film; Advertising. Time Out says. Something of an RKO chore for Ray, to be sure. But a nicely structured script by Herman J Mankiewicz (from a novel by Vicki Baum) - repeating ...
A Woman’s Secret (1949), Nicholas Ray’s second film, is arguably one of the most maligned and ignored films of his career. While the criticisms seem well deserved (it is clearly one of the director’s weaker movies), the lack of any thorough, sustained criticism on the film is certainly not so deserved.
Review by loureviews ★★★ I L<3ve Musicals! Talky and rather melodramatic, this film from RKO stars Maureen O'Hara as a performer who accuses herself of shooting the girl who 'stands in' for her voice (Gloria Grahame).
