Whirlpool (1949)
Genre: Filmnoir / Thriller
Duration: 98 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Stars: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte and José Ferrer
IMDb score:
6,7 (5.227)
Releasedate: 13 January 1950
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Whirlpool plot
"Tomorrow she will know what she did tonight!!"
Since childhood, Ann, wife of the psychoanalyst Dr. William 'Bill' Sutton, secretly from kleptomania. The dubious doctor David Korvo, who poses as an astrologer and hypnotist, offers to cure her. Ann accepts Korvo's offer and undergoes treatment. When Ann is found at the scene of a crime, she can't remember anything.
Actors and actresses
Ann Sutton
Dr. William 'Bill' Sutton
David Korvo
Lt. James Colton
Theresa "Terry" Randolph
Martin Avery
Tina Cosgrove
Feruccio di Ravallo
Dr. Wayne
Policeman Andy
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Excellent psychological thriller about the somewhat precarious combination of crime and hypnosis. It doesn't all look believable, but Otto Preminger knows how to maintain the tension until the far too simple denouement. That's a real letdown.
As is often the case, the dazzling Gene Tierney also plays a woman with an instruction manual in this film and she once again does well. However, the best role is reserved for José Ferrer as the manipulative villain. Good film, especially thanks to the convincing acting.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2301 messages
- 2092 votes
Pleasant film noir with strong performances by a constantly psychotic Gene Tierney, concerned husband Richard Conte, villain Jose Ferren, not to mention police detective Charles Bickford. I like the Freudian atmosphere that emerged in the films of the forties, as is also the case in Whirlpool. Gene Tierney is haunted by ghosts from the past - a favorite theme in noir city - and associated neuroses.
Agree with the opinions on the forum that certain developments in the script - I'm not going to repeat them - are not very credible. Nevertheless, fans of the genre will have a great time with this psychological thriller, in which the emphasis is on talking rather than on action.
Otto Preminger's direction is excellent, as is the cinematography by three-time Oscar winner Arthur C. Miller.
For example, I think the film contains at least one masterful scene in which Jose Ferrer listens to the gramophone record with confessions of the same Theresa in the house of the murdered Theresa Randolph (Barbara O'Neil), while Theresa's painting looks down on him. The same scene reminded me (oh, Freud is already lurking around the corner) of the classic Laura (1944), also directed by Preminger and starring Gene Tierney. This is enhanced by the beautiful score by David Raksin, in his recognizable romantic style, who also composed the music for Laura.
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