A Woman's Secret

"I had to stop her ... at any cost ... that's why I pulled the trigger !"

Feb 7 1949 Approved 1h 24m
Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.

Plot

Susan is in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up singing. Marian and Luke found Susan when she was a failure. A singer with a limited range, she was a diamond in the rough which Marian and Luke taught how to walk, dress and talk. With the singing lessons, Marian had hoped that she would have the career that Marian would have had if she had not lost her voice. Even though Susan is a scatterbrain girl, Luke does not believe that Marian would have been capable of shooting her. Luke hopes that Detective Fowler will be able to find out the truth and free Marian.

Written by

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Vicki Baum

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Cast

Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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