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1948

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In the thriller Obsession, Robert Newton stars as a possessed doctor humilitaed by his faithless wife's love for a younger man. He plans to rid himself of her lover by means of an acid bath murder... Read more

Starring	Sally Gray, Phil Brown, Robert Newton, Naunton Wayne
Director	Edward Dmytryk
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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Obsession

In the thriller Obsession, Robert Newton stars as a possessed doctor humilitaed by his faithless wife's love for a younger man. He plans to rid himself of her lover by means of an acid bath murder...

Starring	Sally Gray, Phil Brown, Robert Newton, Naunton Wayne, George Litto
Director	Edward Dmytryk
Studio	FABULOUS FILMS LTD.
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1948 To Rent: DVD: 20 Sep 2004

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- Certainly Dmytryk's best British film, made after his blacklist exile and before freedom from the Hollywood system led... read more on Time Out
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  A genuinely fascinating film
  
  I was overjoyed when I saw that this largely forgotten classic was coming to DVD. A unique psychological thriller, dark in tone and claustrophobic in style, it ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Sep 2005 at 09:15
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  1940s Torture Porn
  
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  The subject matter of the film is pretty dark for its time considering British films from the 1940s generally stayed close to genre types (war movies or ... read more »
  
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  - Exeter
  - 26 Nov 2011 at 16:11
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  A period piece strongly delivered
  
  Although 'Obsession' has a pretty unbelievable and repetitive plot it is saved by the intensity of Robert Newton's performance,and some witty and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 14 Apr 2011 at 09:27
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  Little seen post-war gem.
  
  The film: a nice, tight little thriller with an enjoyable old-school villain performance from Robert Newton as the diabolical, smooth-talking Doctor. Admittedly... read more »
  
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