
Illegal(1955)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.


“The Stranger at her wedding was a messenger of Fear and Evil!”
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.

Claudette Colbert
Ellen Ewing

Robert Ryan
David McLean

Jane Cowl
Clara Ewing

Paul Kelly
Eric Lowell

Philip Ober
Gregory Kent

Elisabeth Risdon
Dr. R.W. Roberts

Doris Dudley
Pearl Collins

Dave Barbour
Lucian Randall

Vivian Vance
Leah
Edit Angold
Flora (uncredited)
The Secret Fury is a crime, drama film released in 1950 exploring themes of insanity, marriage, crooked lawyer, film noir, memory loss, psychiatrist. Directed by Mel Ferrer, it stars Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl. The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
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