Whirlpool

1950 · directed by Otto Preminger

Rating

76/100

Hit

no

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Whirlpool (1950), directed by Otto Preminger, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Gene Tierney
• José Ferrer
• Richard Conte
• Charles Bickford
• Eduard Franz
• Barbara O'Neil
• Constance Collier
• Fortunio Bonanova
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Robert Foulk

Crew

• Arthur C. Miller — Director of Photography
• Louis R. Loeffler — Editor
• David Raksin — Original Music Composer
• Andrew Solt — Screenplay
• Ben Hecht — Screenplay

More from Otto Preminger

1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) — 87/100 · hit
2. Laura (1944) — 87/100 · hit
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) — 84/100 · hit
4. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) — 81/100 · hit
5. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) — 76/100
6. Advise & Consent (1962) — 76/100

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