“Tomorrow she will know what she did tonight!!”
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.
Gene Tierney
Ann Sutton
José Ferrer
David Korvo
Richard Conte
Dr. William 'Bill' Sutton
Charles Bickford
Lt. James Colton
Eduard Franz
Martin Avery
Barbara O'Neil
Theresa "Terry" Randolph
Constance Collier
Tina Cosgrove
Fortunio Bonanova
Feruccio di Ravallo
Lawrence Dobkin
Dr. Wayne
Robert Foulk
Policeman Andy (uncredited)
Whirlpool is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 1950 exploring themes of kleptomania, hypnosis, film noir, shoplifting, hypnotist, psychoanalyst. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Richard Conte. 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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