A Woman's Secret

directed by Nicholas Ray
Category: "Suspense"
Year of Release:1949
Date Added:07/14/2024
Date Watched:07/14/2024
Description:Singer Marian (Maureen O'Hara) loses her voice. She and her boyfriend Luke (Melvyn Douglas) happen upon Susan, an unpolished young lady with singing talent. They take her on as a project, as Marian tries to make Susan all the things she wanted to be. Susan is unmotivated and decides to quit. She and Marian argue, and Susan is shot. While she's in the hospital, Marian confesses to shooting her. Luke doesn't believe it, and he works with Detective Fowler to find the truth. When Susan survives, the real story comes out -- she wanted to marry a wealthy theater promoter, but she was already married to a soldier who wouldn't give her a divorce. She she tried to commit suicide, and Marian tried to stop her. In their struggle, the gun went off.
My Rating:4

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Review - A Woman's Secret

Dull and nonsensical. It made no sense that Marian was so obsessed with making Susan a success that she would confess to a killing she didn't commit. There was also the detective's wife, who thought herself a detective and wandered around the movie (as comic relief I suppose) making stupid deductions. It had the effect of making the entire movie a farce. Also, why the detective would team up with the boyfriend, even having him over to his house for supper a couple times, made no sense.

Reviewed by Roger on 2024-07-14 11:45:45

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