Obsession (1949)

Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

Genre

film noir, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man plans a perfect murder to get rid of his wife's lover. He keeps the man trapped in a hidden room while he works out the details.

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What happens

Obsession (released in the United States as The Hidden Room) is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk. It is based on the 1947 novel A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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