I had to stop her ... at any cost ... that's why I pulled the trigger !
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.
- 5.6
- 1949
- Released
- 1h 24m
Maureen O'Hara
Marian Washburn
Melvyn Douglas
Luke Jordan
Gloria Grahame
Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Bill Williams
Lee Crenshaw
Victor Jory
Brook Matthews
Mary Philips
Mrs. Mary Fowler
Jay C. Flippen
Police Insp. Jim Fowler
Robert Warwick
Assistant District Attorney Roberts
Curt Conway
Doctor
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Virginia Farmer
Mollie the Washburn Maid
Ellen Corby
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Emory Parnell
Police Lieutenant at Desk
Fred Aldrich
Policeman (Uncredited)
Guy Beach
Policeman (Uncredited)Conrad Binyon
Tommy (Uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)
Raymond Bond
Dr. Ferris (Uncredited)
Eddie Borden
Ship's Waiter (Uncredited)Tom Coleman
Policeman (Uncredited)James Conaty
Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)Bert Davidson
Radio Director (Uncredited)Marcel De La Brosse
French Baker (Uncredited)
George Douglas
Policeman (Uncredited)John Goldsworthy
Harold (Uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)Alvin Hammer
Fred (Uncredited)John Laing
WLR Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Police Lt. Benson (Uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Reporter (Uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Algerian Waiter (Uncredited)Ralph Montgomery
News Photographer (Uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Mr. Emory (Uncredited)Norman Nesbitt
Announcer (Uncredited)
John Parrish
Professor Paul Camelli (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Stagehand (Uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Show Spectator (Uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Hotel Policeman Guard (Uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Algerian Piano Player (Uncredited)Lynn Whitney
Actress (Uncredited)Dan Foster
Stage Manager (Uncredited)Donna Gibson
Girl (Uncredited)Frederic Nay
Ship's Master of Ceremonies (Uncredited)Bill Purington
Intern (Uncredited)Jack Rourke
Announcer (Uncredited)Ralph Stein
Mr. Harris (Uncredited)Evelyn Underwood
Girl (Uncredited)Loreli Vitek
Waitress (Uncredited)Bernice Young
Nurse (Uncredited)
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Reviews
When a gunshot brings the maid rushing into the bedroom, she discovers "Susan" (Gloria Grahame) is the victim, and that her mentor "Marian" (Maureen O'Hara) is holding the smoking gun. When the police arrive, "Marian" confesses to trying to kill her, but with her victim still alive we will have to wait to hear her version of events. Meantime, her manager "Jordan" (Melvyn Douglas) doesn't understan
She had a voice with hormones. A Woman's Secret is directed by Nicholas Ray and adapted to screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz from the novel "Mortgage on Life" written by Vicki Baum. It stars Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Victor Jory and Jay C. Flippen. Music is by Friedrich Hollaender and cinematography by George E. Diskant. When young singer Susan Caldwell (Grahame) is sh