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form
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Obsession
The Hidden Room
( dir. Edward Dmytryk
)
United Kingdom (UK)
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Independent Sovereign Films
,
1949
6393525
1949
single work
film/TV
crime
thriller
'Melodrama of a jealous husband who discovers his wife's infidelity and keeps the lover in a cellar planning to murder him, but the plot is discovered in time.'
Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44692). (Sighted: 3/9/2013)
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A Man about a Dog
1949
single work
drama
crime
thriller
A contemporary review of the play offers the following synopsis:
'Dr, Riordan is undoubtedly a far-seeing murderer, but his method–which is to tether his victim in a secret dungeon until the disappearance has been taken for granted, quietly poison him, and dissolve away the remains–has one big and perhaps fatal drawback for the stage. There is nothing for the doctor to do in the necessary time of waiting but lecture. Dr Riordan lectures his bearded Monte Christo until we begin to fear he may die untimely of sheer ennui. He survives, but the gallery has not his patience, and the clumsily written last act runs a perilous course.'
Source:
'Princes Theatre. "A Man about a Dog" by Alec Coppel', The Times, 18 May 1949, p.7.
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form
y
A Man about A Dog
England
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ITV
Anglia Television
,
1972
6397476
1972
single work
film/TV
crime
thriller
An adaptation of Alec Coppel's novel A Man about A Dog, which had been previously filmed as Obsession in 1949.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Dogs, Duchesses and Death
1948
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , March vol. 2 no. 9 1948; (p. 475-476)
— Review of A Man about a Dog 1947 single work novel
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Dogs, Duchesses and Death
1948
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , March vol. 2 no. 9 1948; (p. 475-476)
— Review of A Man about a Dog 1947 single work novel