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Whirlpool (1959)

Whirlpool poster
Directed by
Lewis Allen
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets involved in a crime scheme in a European port town. She must navigate danger and betrayal while trying to escape her past.

tensemelancholicslow-burnnoirishsuspensefulsomberbroodingatmospheric

What happens

Whirlpool is a 1959 British crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Juliette Gréco and O. W. Fischer. It was written by Laurence P. Bachmann and Marcel Stellman, based on Bachmann's 1957 novel The Lorelei. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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