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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.
Brilliantly conceived and realised film noir Robert Newton gives a restrained and powerful performance as a cuckolded doctor exacting revenge on his high-spirited wife by abducting her young American lover, then keeping her guessing as to where he is, and whether he is still alive.
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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...
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- Edward Dmytryk
- Mystery & Thriller
- Robert Newton
Imagine Dial M for Murder crossed with Sleuth, add a dog, and you have Obsession. When London psychiatrist Dr. Clive Riordan (Robert Newton) becomes aware of the affair of his restless wife, Storm (Sally Gray), with American Bill Kronin (Phil Brown), he kidnaps Bill and imprisons him in a room in a bombed-out building planning to do something ...
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- Edward Dmytryk
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
Sep 10, 2012 · Certainly Dmytryk's best British film, made after his blacklist exile and before freedom from the Hollywood system led him into the pretensions of Give Us This Day.
Overview. A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover. Alec Coppel. Novel, Screenplay.
