The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1946

Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.

The Secret Heart

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1946

The Secret Heart
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Secret Heart
Directors Bill Lewis, Robert Z. Leonard
Writers Rose Franken, William Brown Meloney, Anne Morrison Chapin, Whitfield Cook

Cast

Claudette Colbert

as Lee Addams

Walter Pidgeon

as Chris Matthews

June Allyson

as Penny Addams

Lionel Barrymore

as Dr. Rossiger

Robert Sterling

as Chase N. Addams

Marshall Thompson

as Brandon Reynolds

Elizabeth Patterson

as Mrs. Stover

Richard Derr

as Larry Addams

Patricia Medina

as Kay Burns

Eily Malyon

as Miss Hunter

Anne Lacey

as Penny as a Child

Dwayne Hickman

as Chase as a Child

Barbara Billingsley

as Sales Clerk

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

King Baggot

as Man at Graduation Ceremony

Joan Beeks

as Saleswoman

Ruth Brady

as Saleswoman

Chester Clute

as Old Man

Hume Cronyn

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

Frank Darien

as Mr. Wiggins

Boyd Davis

as Sheriff

Drew Demorest

as Cab Driver

Donald Dewar

as Pageboy

John Webb Dillion

as Conductor

Hal Hackett

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

Harry Hayden

as Minister

Leyland Hodgson

as Purser

Alexander Pollard

as Butler

Virginia L. Randolph

as Salesgirl

Clinton Rosemond

as William

Jeffrey Sayre

as Dance Extra

Wyndham Standing

as Butler

Audrey Totter

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

Dick Winslow

as Photographer