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Lady Possessed
“LOVE...that fed on darkness and fear!”
5.5 / 10• 1952• 1h 27m•NR• English
MysteryRomanceThriller
Storyline
A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?
Cast & Crew
James Mason
Jimmy Del Palma
Lead
June Havoc
Jean Wilson
Stephen Dunne
Tom Wilson
Fay Compton
Mme. Brune
Pamela Mason
Sybil
Steven Geray
Dr. Stepanek
DG
Diana Graves
Medium
Odette Myrtil
Mrs. Burrows
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Spier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lady Possessed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
