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After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Peter Miles
- Wynn Graham
- (as Gerald Perreau)
Jakob Gimpel
- Pianist
- (as Jacob Gimpel)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaStar Joan Crawford reportedly said, "I will not go on with this picture unless the Epstein Boys rewrite my part." Twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein were then on suspension from the studio. In order to get them to accede to Crawford's demands, executive producer Jack L. Warner had to take them off suspension and give them back pay for their uncredited rewrite Crawford wanted.
- GoofsDuring the opening sequence, while Louise is wandering the streets of Los Angeles, her shoes change from pumps to sling-backs and back again.
- Quotes
Dr. Harvey Williard: How many does this make?
Interne: Twenty today: 1 manic, 3 seniles, 6 alcoholics, and 10 schizos.
Dr. Harvey Williard: Going up all the time. This civilization of ours is a worse disease than heart trouble or tuberculosis, and we can't escape it.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Time That Remains (2012)
Featured review
Laying the Grounds for an Insanity Defense
Possessed, the second of two films with that title made by Joan Crawford, is typical Forties soap opera and probably would be forgotten today if it weren't for Crawford's performance. As she runs through a whole gamut of emotions exponentially, you will be glued to your seat.
A seemingly normal woman on the outside, Crawford's got a whole lot of issues. She's being dumped by younger boy friend Van Heflin and she won't call it a day.
Heflin's professional association with Raymond Massey doesn't help matters. Crawford works as a nurse for Massey's invalid wife and when the wife dies, Crawford excepts Massey's marriage proposal.
Joan is so conflicted here. By now she realizes Heflin is a no good love 'em and leave 'em rat, but she still pines for him. And jealousy is working here too, because Heflin has taken a shine to Massey's daughter Geraldine Brooks.
It's an extraordinary job by Crawford. Rage, jealousy, unrequited love, she shows them all and at the same time. No wonder she got her second Oscar nomination. She lost however to Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter.
Heflin is good, but if this had been made at 20th Century Fox, his role would have been perfect for Tyrone Power. What a classic Possessed would then have been.
A seemingly normal woman on the outside, Crawford's got a whole lot of issues. She's being dumped by younger boy friend Van Heflin and she won't call it a day.
Heflin's professional association with Raymond Massey doesn't help matters. Crawford works as a nurse for Massey's invalid wife and when the wife dies, Crawford excepts Massey's marriage proposal.
Joan is so conflicted here. By now she realizes Heflin is a no good love 'em and leave 'em rat, but she still pines for him. And jealousy is working here too, because Heflin has taken a shine to Massey's daughter Geraldine Brooks.
It's an extraordinary job by Crawford. Rage, jealousy, unrequited love, she shows them all and at the same time. No wonder she got her second Oscar nomination. She lost however to Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter.
Heflin is good, but if this had been made at 20th Century Fox, his role would have been perfect for Tyrone Power. What a classic Possessed would then have been.
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- Oct 16, 2005
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- Also known as
- One Man's Secret
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center - 1200 N. State Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(hospital exteriors in opening sequence)
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- Budget
- $2,592,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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