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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.
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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
Movie Info. Synopsis In London, psychiatrist Clive Riordan (Robert Newton) suspects that his cool and polished wife, Storm (Sally Gray), is having yet another affair. Abandoning his weekly card...
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- Edward Dmytryk
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Obsession (1949) NR 08/03/1949 (US) Thriller , Crime 1h 36m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Hidden love! Hidden hate! Hidden fear! Overview. A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover. Alec Coppel. Novel, Screenplay. Edward Dmytryk. Director. Written by on July 9, 2022.
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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Nov 11, 2023 · English. Obsession, released in the United States as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk. [1] It is based on the 1947 novel A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. [2] Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Edward Dmytryk • 1949 • United Kingdom. A Scotland Yard man investigates a London psychiatrist's diabolical revenge against his adulterous wife's lover. Show more.
