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IMDB (4,900 votes)

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Rotten Tomatoes

500M
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Play Time: 98 mins
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Whirlpool

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1950-01-13)
Screen:Ben Hecht, Andrew Solt, Guy Endore
Productions: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Whirlpool
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Reviews

John Chard

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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 ....

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CinemaSerf

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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 ....

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