Obsession

Obsession

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1949-08-03
Genre:Thriller, Crime
Duration:96 min
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Edward Dmytryk
Actors:Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt
Production:Independent Sovereign Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Overview:

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

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