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  • Actors: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil
  • Directors: Otto Preminger
  • Writers: Andrew Solt, Ben Hecht, Guy Endore
  • Producers: Otto Preminger
  • Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English, Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Bfi Video
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001GNJG0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,678 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In this intriguing 1950 film noir, Gene Tierney plays Ann Sutton, the wife of a succesful psychoanalyst, who is arrested for shoplifting. Scandal is averted due to the intervention of hypnotist David Korvo (Jose Ferrer) but he manipulates Ann as he knows she really is a shoplifter. This manipulation leads to deceit, blackmail and murder.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "I can't remember anything about what happened!", 11 Sep 2005
By M. J Leonard "MikeonAlpha" (Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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One of the first things that struck me about Whirlpool is how good an actress Gene Tierney actually was. She does such a terrific job of portraying both the vulnerability and desperation of her character.

Set in Los Angeles, Whirlpool is an unassuming and unpretentious thriller that sort of fits the mold of noir. The movie certainly isn't the best example of the genre, but it does have many fine elements that, combined with Ms. Tierney's performance, make it eminently watchable.

Gene Tierney stars as Ann Sutton. Ann is the wealthy and respectable wife of successful psychiatrist Dr. William Sutton (a marvelous Richard Conte). The film opens as Ann is caught shoplifting a jeweled broach from a ritzy department store. The police and the store manager are determined to prosecute, but she gets off the hook thanks to David Korvo (Jose Ferrer), a mysterious hypnotist whom Ann employs to help her sleep.

Ann initially thinks that Korvo is out to blackmail her, and she offers him a large some of money to keep him quiet. Korvo, however, has another, far more furtive agenda. As he gradually builds Ann's trust, it soon is revealed that he has been having an affair with Sutton's former patient Theresa Randolph (Barbara O'Neil).

Shortly thereafter, Theresa turns up dead, and Ann is implicated as the murderer since she was found at the scene of the crime. Ann is arrested and charged with murder, but bitterly denies involvement telling her kindly husband that she just can't remember anything. So, who is the murderer? Surely it can't have been Korvo, as he was in the hospital during the time of Theresa's death.

It is left up to Lt. Colton (Charles Bickford) to use his detective skills and Dr. Sutton as the committed psychiatrist to break the hold that Korvo has on Ann and finally learn the truth behind the Theresa's murder.

Ferrer is terrific as the enigmatic Korvo. From the beginning it's plainly obvious that he's a sleazy, amoral confidence trickster, who is probably out to milk the Ann of her money and nothing happens to compromise his position. Richard Conte is also very good as Ann's concerned husband; he knows that his wife is not guilty but he's frustrated at the lack of inaction on behalf the local police to prove her innocence.

The issues of hypnotherapy, especially with the idea that hypnosis can make people do stuff they don't want to, is also interesting. Although, by today's standards it perhaps doesn't carry the kind of psychological weight and dramatic punch that it did back when the film was made.

Perhaps influenced by the wave of films during the period that utilized the growing field of hypnotherapy the picture might have seemed a bit fresher when it was first released. However, the Whirlpool is still fun to watch, especially for the lovely Gene Tierney who apparently used Whirlpool as a comeback after a two-year absence. Mike Leonard September 05.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An unknown Preminger..., 2 Dec 2004
By Miguel M. Santos "miguelmsantos" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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... or rather it was to me until I found out that the BFI was going to release it. There are reasons for this - most of the cast is unknown to modern audiences (except for Gene Tierney, Preminger's "Laura"), it sort of lacks what people could call "Preminger's touch" and the way it approaches psychoanalysis is rather dated (not as bad as Hitchcock's "Spellbound", but close). However I enjoyed it and I found myself engaged by it. It is a high quality production of the period and it's well acted, written and directed. As for the DVD for most of it looks good, but it has moments where the quality is not to the standard of the rest of the film - but I guess that was due to problems in the original materials rather than problems with the restoration, as the film is over 50 years old.
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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An less known Preminger, 20 Dec 2004
By Miguel M. Santos "miguelmsantos" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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An unknown Preminger to me until I found out that the BFI was going to release it. There are reasons for this - most of the cast is unknown to modern audiences (except for Gene Tierney, Preminger's "Laura"), it sort of lacks what people could call "Preminger's touch" and the way it approaches psychoanalysis is rather dated (not as bad as Hitchcock's "Spellbound", but close). However I enjoyed it and I found myself engaged by it. It is a high quality production of the period and it's well acted, written and directed. As for the DVD for most of it looks good, but it has moments where the quality is not to the standard of the rest of the film - but I guess that was due to problems in the original materials rather than problems with the restoration, as the film is over 50 years old.
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2.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Poorly scripted, melodramatic psychological thriller
Offered as part of Fox's film noir series, this 1949 drama is drawn into the inescapable spiral of noir by its psychoanalytic themes and hypnosis-based plot device. Read more
Published 6 months ago by hyperbolium

4.0 out of 5 stars classic!
classic film noir, though filmed in the 50's instead of the 30's or 40's.very interesting storyline and well crafted characters, including gene tierney who is totally flawless in... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine film noir by director of "Laura".
Directed by Otto Preminger five years after his classic "Laura" this fine film noir does not disappoint. Read more
Published 20 months ago by pointone

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