Obsession

“Hidden love! Hidden hate! Hidden fear!”

6.8(55)19491h 36m

ThrillerCrime

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Director

Edward Dmytryk

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Cast

Robert Newton

Dr. Clive Riordan

Phil Brown

Bill Kronin

Sally Gray

Storm Riordan

Naunton Wayne

Supt. Finsbury

James Harcourt

Aitkin (butler)

Betty Cooper

Miss Stevens (receptionist)

Allan Jeayes

The Colonel, blustery club member

Ronald Adam

Talkative, balding club member

Roddy Hughes

Bespectacled third club member, from Whitehall

Olga Lindo

Mrs. Humphries

Stanley Baker

Policeman at Garage

Russell Waters

Detective at Garage

Reviews

2 reviews

John Chard

12y ago

8.5

Man's Best Friend. Obsession (AKA: The Hidden Room) is directed by Edward Dmytryk and adapted to screenplay by Alec Coppel from his own book and play. It stars Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Sally Gray and Naunton Wayne. Music is by Nino Rota and cinematography by C.M. Pennington-Richards. Finally having had enough of his wife's affair with a young lover, Dr. Clive Riordan (Newton) plots a dev...

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

This is probably the best straight-part effort from Robert Newton I've ever seen. He is super as the doctor "Riorden" who has had just about enough of his wife's infidelities so decides to rid himself of her latest flame "Bill" (Phil Brown). After surprising the couple at their home, he somehow (and this is very much the weaker part of the film) manages to get the man chained to the wall of a bomb...