| Whirlpool | |
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
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| Based on | Methinks the Lady... 1946 novel by Guy Endore |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.3 million |
Whirlpool is a 1950[1][2] American film noir thriller directed by Otto Preminger and written by Ben Hecht and Andrew Solt, adapted from the 1946 novel Methinks the Lady... by Guy Endore. The film stars Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer and Charles Bickford, and features Constance Collier in her final film role. Its plot follows the kleptomaniac wife of a wealthy Los Angeles psychoanalyst who, after a chance meeting with a hypnotist, is charged with a violent murder.
Owing to anti-British statements screenwriter Hecht had made in the recent past concerning the United Kingdom's involvement in Israel, prints of the film initially circulated in the country replaced his credit with the pseudonym Lester Barstow.
- ^ "Jan. Release Schedules Hint At Freer Flow Of Features". Showmen's Trade Review: 9. December 31, 1949.
- ^ "Dual Premiere Set". Motion Picture Daily: 2. January 5, 1950.