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Possessed

1947 · 108 min

A haunting plunge into a woman's unraveling mind, blending noir atmosphere with raw melodrama and psychological dread.

Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Starring: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey

Tagline: You’ll be possessed by the love-madness of "POSSESSED"
Overview: After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

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Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Starring: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
love
isolation
guilt
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, thriller, romance
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Written by: Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall
Starring: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Moroni Olsen, Peter Miles
Music: Franz Waxman
Cinematography: Sidney Hickox, Joseph A. Valentine
Runtime: 108 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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