A WOMAN'S SECRET
DIRECTED BY NICHOLAS RAY
PRODUCED BY HERMAN J. MANKIEWICZ
RKO RADIO PICTURES
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Plot Summary
Susan is laying in the hospital with a bullet near her heart.
Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan
was giving up her singing. Marian and Luke found Susan when she was a failure.
A singer with a limited range, she was a diamond in the rough to which Marian
and Luke taught how to walk, dress and talk.
With the singing lessons, Marian had hoped that she would have
the career that Marian would have had if she had not lost her voice.
Even thought Susan is a scatterbrain girl, Luke does not believe that Marian
would or was capable of shooting her.
Luke hopes that Detective Fowler will be able to find out the truth and free Marian.
Written by Tony Fontana
Full Cast
Maureen O'Hara .... Marian Washburn
Melvyn Douglas .... Luke Jordan
Gloria Grahame .... Susan Caldwell aka 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
C. Bakaleinikoff .... Conductor, studio recording session (uncredited)
Guy Beach .... Policeman (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon .... Tommy, Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Oliver Blake .... Mr. Pierson (uncredited)
Raymond Bond .... Dr. Ferris (uncredited)
Eddie Borden .... Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Coleman .... Policeman (uncredited)
James Conaty .... Ship Dance Extra (uncredited)
Bert Davidson .... Radio Director (uncredited)
Marcel De la Brosse .... The French Baker (uncredited)
George Douglas .... Policeman (uncredited)
Dan Foster .... Stage Manager (uncredited)
Donna Gibson .... Girl (uncredited)
John Goldsworthy .... Harold, Matthews' Butler (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle .... Radio Program Moderator (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer .... Fred, Fowler's Assistant (uncredited)
John Laing .... WLR Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm .... Bit Part (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson .... Police Lt. Benson (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe .... The Reporter (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell .... Algerian Waiter (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery .... The News Photographer (uncredited)
Forbes Murray .... Mr. Emory (uncredited)
Frederic Nay .... Ship's Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Norman Nesbitt .... Announcer (uncredited)
John Parrish .... Prof. Paul Camelli (uncredited)
Lee Phelps .... Police Clerk, District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
Bill Purington .... Intern (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway .... Dance Extra (uncredited)
Jack Rourke .... Announcer (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson .... Policeman-Guard, Hospital Recovery Room (uncredited)
Ralph Stein .... Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Evelyn Underwood .... Girl (uncredited)
Loreli Vitek .... Waitress (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim .... Algerian Piano Player (uncredited)
Lynn Whitney .... Actress (uncredited)
Bernice Young .... Nurse (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Vicki Baum novel Mortgage on Life
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Original Music
Nacio Herb Brown
Frederick Hollander
Cinematography
George E. Diskant
Trivia
Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame met while shooting this film. They were married in Las Vegas shortly after completing the film. They chose Las Vegas because Ray loved to gamble and to allow Grahame to get a quickie divorce (after the required six weeks of residency in Nevada) from actor Stanley Clements. The day the divorced was granted, the two married.