A Woman's Secret (1949)
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Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4
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Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz adopts the same prismatic-flashback technique he'd used so well in Citizen Kane for the 1949 filmic soap opera A Woman's Secret. Based on a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum, the film begins with the shooting of nightclub singer Susan Caldwell (Gloria Grahame). Marian Washburn (Maureen O'Hara), who'd coached Susan into the Big Time, confesses to the shooting. Neither Marian's piano-player friend Luke Jordan (Melvyn Douglas) nor police inspector Fowler (Jay C.
Mar 5, 1949 Wide
Jan 16, 1991
Cast
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Maureen O'Hara
Marian Washburn -
Melvyn Douglas
Luke Jordan -
Gloria Grahame
Susan Caldwell -
Bill Williams
Lee -
Victor Jory
Brook Matthews -
Mary Philips
Mrs. Fowler -
Jay C. Flippen
Det. Fowler -
Robert Warwick
Roberts -
Curt Conway
Doctor -
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Matthews -
Virginia Farmer
Mollie -
Ellen Corby
Nurse -
Emory Parnell
Desk Sergeant -
Conrad Binyon
Messenger Boy -
Oliver Blake
Mr. Pierson -
Raymond Bond
Dr. Ferris -
Eddie Borden
Waiter -
George Douglas
Policeman -
Paul Guilfoyle
Moderator -
Alvin Hammer
Fred -
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Rory Mallinson
Benson -
Frank Marlowe
Whitey -
Alphonse Martell
Waiter -
Ralph Montgomery
Photographer -
Forbes Murray
Mr. Emory -
John Parrish
Prof. Camelli -
Lee Phelps
Policeman -
Mickey Simpson
Policeman -
Charles Wagenheim
Piano player -
Lynn Whitney
Actress -
John W. Goldsworthy
Harold -
Guy Beach
Policeman -
Tom Coleman
Policeman -
Bert Davidson
Radio Director -
Dan Foster
Stage Manager -
Frederic Nay
Master of Ceremonies -
Norman Nesbitt
Announcer -
Ralph Stein
Mr. Harris -
Evelyn Underwood
Girl -
Lorelei Vitek
Waitress -
John Laing
Radio Announcer
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
There's too much unintended mystery about A Woman's Secret for it to be anything but spotty entertainment.
Top CriticEntertaining, and less routine than it sounds.
Nicholas Ray directed it, though his touch is apparent only in the handling of the unstable Grahame character; otherwise, it's probably his stodgiest, driest piece of work.
One of the few really weak films in Nicholas Ray's otherwise brilliant career. Even the acting is not very good, compared to In a Lonely Place, in which Ray's then wife-actress Gloria Grahame also stars.
The tidied up gem of a mess still gives off an awful stink.
It is hard to believe that a film directed by Ray and written by Mankiewicz could be anything less than brilliant.
An early gem from Ray, who would undoubtedly go on to greater things, but who, at the very least, shows promise here.
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Foreign Titles
- A Woman's Secret (1949) (DE)
- A Woman's Secret (1949) (UK)
