The Secret Fury

1950
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1h 25m

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Claudette Colbert, Paul Kelly, Philip Ober, and Robert Ryan in The Secret Fury (1950)

Film Noir Psychological Drama Mystery Thriller

A woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to discredit her.A woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to discredit her.A woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to discredit her.

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Claudette Colbert

Ellen Ewing

Robert Ryan

David McLean

Jane Cowl

Aunt Clara

Paul Kelly

Dist. Atty. Eric Lowell

Philip Ober

Gregory Kent

Elisabeth Risdon

Dr. Twining

Doris Dudley

Pearl

Dave Barbour

Lucian Randall

Vivian Vance

Leah

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Flora
(uncredited)

Pat Barton

Louise
(uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

Patient
(uncredited)

June Benbow

Patient
(uncredited)

Edward Biby

Wedding Guest
(uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Nurse
(uncredited)

Hazel Boyne

Patient
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Trial Spectator
(uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

The Bishop
(uncredited)

Director
- Mel Ferrer
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Trivia
Vivian Vance (Leah) and Philip Ober (Gregory) were married. This is the only film they both appear in, but they have no scenes together.

Goofs
When Ellen is walking on the beach, she sees the boat upside down, leading to her misreading the name "Monsoon" on its side as "Noosnow". But in the later scene where David sees the name of the boat, now right side up, reflected in the water, the name is not simply reflected upside down but also inexplicably backward.

Crazy credits
The opening credits consist of a series of visiting cards placed, one at a time, on a silver salver. The credits are written in a simple yet elegant script, and give the impression of having been engraved, as visiting cards typically were when in fashion. The closing credits are displayed in the same manner, but upon a solo visiting card laying upon the salver.

Connections
Referenced in Balarrasa (1951)

Soundtracks
The Jazz Me Blues
(uncredited)
Written by Tom Delaney

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5/10

Middling Minor Noir with a good first half

Intriguing, but ultimately preposterous noir melodrama with a hysterical performance from Claudette Colbert. It's understandable that Colbert is upset. Her wedding to Robert Ryan is interrupted by a man saying she is already married. Several people back him up and it's pretty convincing. Ryan's having his doubts, and Colbert is doubting her own sanity. A murder takes place and it leads to a trial staged in two of the silliest courtroom scenes ever. The first half of the film is pretty good, thanks to the intrigue, but it can't sustain credibility. No spoilers on the outcome. Roy Webb is credited with an overwrought score, using a piano theme by Robert Schumann that we hear in variations -- the same tune that obsesses Joan Crawford throughout POSESSED (1947). There's some interest in the cast though: Paul Kelly, Paul Picerni, an uncredited Jose Ferrer (no relation to director Mel), Philip Ober and his then-wife Vivian Vance who is quite good in one of her few, but this time memorable, film parts before she became the immortal "Ethel Mertz".