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Something to Hide (1972)

Something to Hide poster
Directed by
Alastair Reid
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is pushed to violence by his difficult wife. After he picks up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker, his life spins into murder and insanity.

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What happens

Something to Hide (in the U.S. also reissued as Shattered) is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alastair Reid and starring Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, Linda Hayden and John Stride. It was written by Reid based on the 1963 novel of the same title by Nicholas Monsarrat. A man harassed by his shrewish wife, after picking up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker, is driven to murder and madness. The film was not released commercially in the USA until 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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