Obsession (1949 film)

Obsession
Theatrical release poster (USA)
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Screenplay byAlec Coppel
Based onA Man About a Dog
by Alec Coppel
Produced by
StarringRobert Newton
Sally Gray
Phil Brown
Naunton Wayne
CinematographyC. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited byLito Carruthers
Music byNino Rota
Production
company
Independent Sovereign Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 3 August 1949 (1949-08-03)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Obsession, released in the United States as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk.[1] It is based on the 1947 novel A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.[2] Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Obsession". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ "New Novels of the Week on the Good Earth". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 January 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 4 September 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Obsession". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2009.