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Secrets

1977 · 100 min

A quiet, earnest character study that drifts through dissatisfaction and longing, asking you to sit with its restlessness rather than be swept along.

Directed by
Paul Wendkos
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Susan Blakely, Roy Thinnes, Joanne Linville
Overview
A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.

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Directed by
Paul Wendkos
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Susan Blakely, Roy Thinnes, Joanne Linville
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    tv movie, drama
    Directed by
    Paul Wendkos
    Written by
    James S. Henerson
    Starring
    Susan Blakely, Roy Thinnes, Joanne Linville, John Randolph, Melody Thomas Scott, Andrew Stevens, Peter Brandon, Michelle Stacy
    Music
    George Aliceson Tipton
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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