The Second Woman
Not since 'SPELLBOUND' such a masterpiece of suspense!
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
- 5.4
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 31m
Robert Young
Jeff Cohalan
Betsy Drake
Ellen Foster
John Sutton
Keith Ferris
Florence Bates
Amelia Foster
Morris Carnovsky
Dr. Raymond Hartley
Henry O'Neill
Ben Sheppard
Jean Rogers
Dodo Ferris
Raymond Largay
Maj. Badger
Shirley Ballard
Vivian Sheppard
Jason Robards Sr.
Stacy Rogers
Steven Geray
Balthazar Jones
Jimmie Dodd
Mr. Nelson
Smoki Whitfield
Albert
Cliff Clark
Police Sergeant
Bess Flowers
Fiesta Guest
Vici Raaf
Sue
Franklyn Farnum
Country Club GuestSam Harris
Train Passenger
Harold Miller
Fiesta Guest
Bert Stevens
Fiesta Guest
Cosmo Sardo
Country Club GuestReleased
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- #film noir
Reviews
"Ellen" (Betsy Drake) is visiting her family on the coast when she is introduced to their neighbour "Jeff" (Robert Young) who lives in one of those concrete new-builds that wouldn't look out of place in an episode of "Thunderbirds"! They take a bit off a shine to each other, but after a while she learns that he is rather accident prone. Sometimes little things, sometimes - well you wouldn't want h
The Pine Cliff Paranoia. The Second Woman (AKA: Ellen) is directed by James V. Kern and co-written by Mort Briskin and Robert Smith. It stars Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Morris Carnovsky and Henry O’Neil. Music is by Joseph Nussbaum and cinematography by Hal Mohr. Architect Jeff Cohalan (Young) is a troubled man, after the mysterious death of his fiancée in a ca