A Woman's Secret

  • Film
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Time Out says

Something of an RKO chore for Ray, to be sure. But a nicely structured script by Herman J Mankiewicz (from a novel by Vicki Baum) - repeating the investigative flashback structure of Citizen Kane as it examines the events leading up to the death of ex-singer O'Hara's devious and ungrateful protégée (beautifully incarnated by Grahame) - is well served by the civilised direction, which not only turns the Vicki Baum melodrama into a noir-ish mystery, but also stresses, as so often in Ray, the importance of interior space and the way it reflects/influences action. Entertaining, and less routine than it sounds.

Release Details

  • Duration:85 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Nicholas Ray
  • Screenwriter:Herman J Mankiewicz
  • Cast:
    • Gloria Grahame
    • Victor Jory
    • Mary Philips
    • Melvyn Douglas
    • Jay C Flippen
    • Bill Williams
    • Maureen O'Hara
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