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Whirlpool

1950 · 98 min

A stylish noir that glides on hypnotic dread, wrapping you in a wife's shame and a quack's menace.

Tagline: Tomorrow she will know what she did tonight!!
Overview: The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 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: deception
guilt
obsession
betrayal
justice
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, crime, drama
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Written by: Ben Hecht, Andrew Solt
Starring: Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Richard Conte, Charles Bickford, Eduard Franz, Barbara O'Neil, Constance Collier, Fortunio Bonanova
Music: David Raksin
Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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