Whirlpool1949
Whirlpool (1949)
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Cast
as Ann Sutton
as Dr. William Sutton
as David Korvo
as Lt. Colton
as Theresa Randolph
as Martin Avery
as Tina Cosgrove
as Feruccio di Ravallo
as Miss Hall
as Store Detective Hogan
as Lt. Jeffreys
as Dr. Peter Duval
as Mr. Simms
as Mr. Simms
as Hotel Employee
as Freddie
as Agnes
as Surgeon Wayne
as Miss Andrews
as Taffy Lou
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Miss Landau
as The Secretary
as Whorton
as Gordon
as Andy
as Cocktail Party Guest
as Fingerprint Man
as Policewoman
as Elevator Girl
as Parking Attendant
Critic Reviews for Whirlpool
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
It's a fine example of the way Preminger, on occasion, managed to deflect routine melodrama into something more personal and profound.
There is no doubt that people will do strange things under hypnotic spell and that the techniques of hypnotism may be villainously employed. But you don't catch this fairly rational corner believing for one minute the hocuspocus that goes on.
Preminger's ambiguous relation to his characters and his sense of moral relativity have seldom been put to such haunting use.
A film that keeps me hooked for an hour and a half by combining police film noir and psychological thriller with a twisted plot about hypnotism, blackmail and murder. [Full review in Spanish]
Jose Ferrer's insolent finesse turns a conventional melodrama into a fascinating; one-man show.
Whirlpool's stand-out scene, in which a somnambulant Gene Tierney incriminates herself ... uses the conventions of horror cinema as much as that of noir.
Audience Reviews for Whirlpool
Tierney plays a woman who has kleptomania, and doesn't want her husband to find out. It's very thrilling, I liked it.
Super Reviewer
Not so great. Relies heavily on psychology practices from over half a century ago which ultimately dates it.
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