A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

84 mins | Drama, Mystery | Jan. 13, 1949

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.

A Woman's Secret

84 mins | Drama, Mystery | Jan. 13, 1949

A Woman's Secret
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title A Woman's Secret
Directors Mercy Weireter, Doran Cox, Nicholas Ray
Writers Herman J. Mankiewicz, Vicki Baum

Cast

Maureen O'Hara

as Marian Washburn

Melvyn Douglas

as Luke Jordan

Gloria Grahame

as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita

Bill Williams

as Lee Crenshaw

Victor Jory

as Brook Matthews

Mary Philips

as Mrs. Mary Fowler

Jay C. Flippen

as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

Robert Warwick

as Assistant District Attorney Roberts

Curt Conway

as Doctor

Ann Shoemaker

as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

Virginia Farmer

as Mollie the Washburn Maid

Ellen Corby

as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Emory Parnell

as Police Lieutenant at Desk

Fred Aldrich

as Policeman (Uncredited)

C. Bakaleinikoff

as Studio Recording Session Conductor (Uncredited)

Guy Beach

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Conrad Binyon

as Tommy (Uncredited)

Oliver Blake

as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

Raymond Bond

as Dr. Ferris (Uncredited)

Eddie Borden

as Ship's Waiter (Uncredited)

Tom Coleman

as Policeman (Uncredited)

James Conaty

as Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)

Bert Davidson

as Radio Director (Uncredited)

Marcel De La Brosse

as French Baker (Uncredited)

George Douglas

as Policeman (Uncredited)

John Goldsworthy

as Harold (Uncredited)

Paul Guilfoyle

as Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)

Alvin Hammer

as Fred (Uncredited)

John Laing

as WLR Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

as Police Lt. Benson (Uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

as Algerian Waiter (Uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

as News Photographer (Uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Mr. Emory (Uncredited)

Norman Nesbitt

as Announcer (Uncredited)

John Parrish

as Professor Paul Camelli (Uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Stagehand (Uncredited)

Scott Seaton

as Show Spectator (Uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

as Hotel Policeman Guard (Uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

as Algerian Piano Player (Uncredited)

Lynn Whitney

as Actress (Uncredited)

Dan Foster

as Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Donna Gibson

as Girl (Uncredited)

Frederic Nay

as Ship's Master of Ceremonies (Uncredited)

Bill Purington

as Intern (Uncredited)

Jack Rourke

as Announcer (Uncredited)

Ralph Stein

as Mr. Harris (Uncredited)

Evelyn Underwood

as Girl (Uncredited)

Loreli Vitek

as Waitress (Uncredited)

Bernice Young

as Nurse (Uncredited)