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A Woman's Secret is a 1949 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame and Melvyn Douglas. Written and produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz, the film was based on the novel Mortgage on Life by Vicki Baum.
With Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams. Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Nicholas Ray
- 1949-02-07
But A Woman's Secret, the 1949 film about a has-been singer (Maureen O'Hara) whose life is almost ruined by her ungrateful protegee (Grahame) was the farthest he ever went into pure soap opera. Yet it also offers an intriguing, more mordant version of a subject filmed with more success in All About Eve (1950).
- Nicholas Ray, Doran Cox
- Maureen O'hara
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Find out who starred in and worked on the 1949 film A Woman's Secret, based on a novel by Vicki Baum. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
A Woman's Secret emerges from the depths of melodrama, its noir-style mystery woven from the intricate threads of a Vicki Baum tale, brought to life with a flourish by the dynamic trio of Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, and Gloria Grahame.
Luke Jordan. Gloria Grahame. Susan Caldwell. Bill Williams. Lee Crenshaw. Victor Jory. Brook Matthews. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A popular...
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- Drama
Overview. A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian.
