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Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950 98 min ★ 6.4 Thriller, Crime, Drama

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

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Cast

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Ann Sutton

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

David Korvo

Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Dr. William 'Bill' Sutton

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Lt. James Colton

Eduard Franz

Eduard Franz

Martin Avery

Barbara O'Neil

Barbara O'Neil

Theresa "Terry" Randolph

Constance Collier

Constance Collier

Tina Cosgrove

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Feruccio di Ravallo

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Dr. Wayne

Robert Foulk

Robert Foulk

Policeman Andy (uncredited)

Details

Director

Otto Preminger

Screenplay

Ben Hecht

Tagline

"Tomorrow she will know what she did tonight!!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

J

John Chard

March 15, 2014

★ 7/10

A successful marriage is usually based on what a husband and wife don't know about each other. An interesting and divisive film noir thriller directed by Otto Preminger and written by Ben Hecht (under the blacklist pseudonym Lester Barstow) and Andrew Solt. Adapted from the novel "Methinks the Lady" written by Guy Endore, the film Stars Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, and Charles Bick...

C

CinemaSerf

December 22, 2024

★ 7/10

This might well be my favourite role for José Ferrer as he portrays the hypnotist charged with treating "Ann" (Gene Tierney). She's a bit of a kleptomaniac and both she and doctor husband "William" (Richard Conte) are determined to find out just what, if anything, is in her past and triggering this behaviour. It's not as if they are poor or that she needs the things she is stealing... Anyway, the ...

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