A woman's secret [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz ; produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz ; directed by Nicholas Ray.
Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams, Victor Jory. Based on the novel Mortgage on life, by Vicki Baum. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
Summary:
Through mesmerizing flashbacks, the story is told of Marian Washburn (Maureen O' Hara), a once-prominent singer who begins to lose her voice. To continue her unfulfilled dreams, she coaches Susan Caldwell (Gloria Grahame), a coarse and promiscuous singer, into the big time. But then Caldwell rebels against her mentor, and we soon learn that Caldwell has been shot. Even though Washburn confesses that she pulled the trigger, the murder and events leading up to it remain a baffling mystery and tantalizing entertainment!
Series:
WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection Film noir archive collection
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