A Woman's Secret (1949)
- Starring:
- Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nicholas Ray
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
Synopsis of A Woman's Secret
Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz adopts the same prismatic-flashback technique he'd used so well in Citizen Kane for the 1949 filmic soap opera A Woman's Secret. Based on a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum, the film begins with the shooting of nightclub singer Susan Caldwell (Gloria Grahame). Marian Washburn (Maureen O'Hara), who'd coached Susan into the Big Time, confesses to the shooting. Neither Marian's piano-player friend Luke Jordan (Melvyn Douglas) nor police inspector Fowler (Jay C. Flippen) completely buy her story, and it is their probing investigation of the facts that sparks the flashback parade. The film details in sometimes clever, sometimes maudlin fashion the perils of living one's life vicariously through the accomplishments of others. Though filmed before director Nicholas Ray's "official" debut feature They Live by Night, A Woman's Secret was released afterward. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Woman's Secret
- Maureen O'Hara - Marian Washburn
- Gloria Grahame - Susan Caldwell
- Victor Jory - Brook Matthews
- Mary Philips - Mrs. Fowler
- Curt Conway - Doctor
- Virginia Farmer - Mollie
- Emory Parnell - Desk Sergeant
- Oliver Blake - Mr. Pierson
- Alvin Hammer - Fred
- Alphonse Martell - Waiter
- John Laing - Radio Announcer
- Evelyn Underwood - Girl
- Norman Nesbitt - Announcer
- Dan Foster - Stage Manager
- Tom Coleman - Policeman
- John W. Goldsworthy - Harold
- Charles Wagenheim - Piano player
- Lee Phelps - Policeman
- Ralph Montgomery - Photographer
- Robert Malcolm - Bit
- Raymond Bond - Dr. Ferris
- Melvyn Douglas - Luke Jordan
- Bill Williams - Lee
- Jay C. Flippen - Det. Fowler
- Robert Warwick - Roberts
- Ann Shoemaker - Mrs. Matthews
- Ellen Corby - Nurse
- Conrad Binyon - Messenger Boy
- George Douglas - Policeman
- Rory Mallinson - Benson
- John Parrish - Prof. Camelli
- Lorelei Vitek - Waitress
- Ralph Stein - Mr. Harris
- Frederic Nay - Master of Ceremonies
- Bert Davidson - Radio Director
- Guy Beach - Policeman
- Lynn Whitney - Actress
- Mickey Simpson - Policeman
- Forbes Murray - Mr. Emory
- Frank Marlowe - Whitey
- Paul Guilfoyle - Moderator
- Eddie Borden - Waiter
- Director(s):
- Nicholas Ray
- Writer(s):
- Herman Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Herman Mankiewicz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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