
Obsession(1949)
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.


“Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!”
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Charles Boyer
Gregory Anton

Ingrid Bergman
Paula Alquist

Joseph Cotten
Brian Cameron

May Whitty
Miss Thwaites

Angela Lansbury
Nancy

Barbara Everest
Elizabeth

Emil Rameau
Maestro Guardi

Edmund Breon
General Huddleston

Halliwell Hobbes
Mr. Muffin
Tom Stevenson
Williams
Gaslight is a thriller, drama, mystery, crime film released in 1944 exploring themes of scotland yard, manipulation, victorian england, psychological abuse, murder, psychological thriller. Directed by George Cukor, it stars Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten. A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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