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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
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 game, Clive returns ...
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- Edward Dmytryk
- Mystery & Thriller
- Robert Newton
London psychiatrist Clive Riordan, royally fed up with the repeated affairs of his wife Storm, plots a seemingly 'perfect' revenge against her latest lover, American Bill Kronin. Catching them in the act, he marches Bill off at gunpoint; and from the viewpoint of Storm and the rest of the world, Bill simply vanishes.
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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.
Oct 23, 2021 · The Hidden Room is a delightful England-set (Dmytryk abroad for the HUAC fall out- he was part of The Hollywood Ten) noir with an ingeniously little sinister premise and an early score from Nino Rota.
