- The Secret Fury
Infobox Film
name = The Secret Fury
image_size =
caption = 1950 movie poster
director =Mel Ferrer
producer =Jack H. Skirball Bruce Manning (uncredited)
writer =Lionel Houser Jack Leonard (story)James O'Hanlon (story)
narrator =
starring =Claudette Colbert Robert Ryan Jane Cowl
music =Roy Webb
cinematography =Leo Tover
editing =Harry Marker
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures (theatrical)
released =21 February 1950
runtime = 86 min.
country = flagicon|USAU.S.A.
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
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amg_id = 1:109271
imdb_id = 0042935"The Secret Fury" is a 1950
black-and-white drama film distributed byRKO Radio Pictures , directed byMel Ferrer .Plot
Musician and wealthy woman, Ellen, is accused of already being married when she attempts to take her wedding vows. Ellen, her future husband and the wedding guests are shocked. They temporarily call off the wedding and the couple try to investigate why someone would accuse her for already being married.
With the help of a lawyer friend and the district attorney, the couple track down and question the justice of the peace that signed her wedding papers. Even he recognizes her as the woman he married. Frustrated, the couple next visit the man she's accused of being married to. In a back room a gun shot goes off and the Ellen is accused of killing the man. The woman breaks down after a lengthy trial, prosecuted by her former flame and DA. She's eventually found not guilty due to insanity. She's locked in a mental institution. Her boyfriend David, still believing her innocence, begins to find clues that may help free her.
Cast
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Claudette Colbert as Ellen R. Ewing
*Robert Ryan as David McLean
*Jane Cowl as Aunt Clara Ewing
*Paul Kelly as District Attorney Eric Lowell
*Philip Ober as Gregory Kent
*Vivian Vance as Leah, the hotel maidActorJosé Ferrer also appears in the film in a small uncredited role.External links
*tcmdb title|id=89417|title=The Secret Fury
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