Plot
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Cast
as Dr. Clive Riordan
as Bill Kronin
as Storm Riordan
as Supt. Finsbury
as Aitkin (butler)
as Miss Stevens (receptionist)
as The Colonel, blustery club member
as Talkative, balding club member
as Bespectacled third club member, from Whitehall
as Mrs. Humphries
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Reviews
Man's Best Friend. Obsession (AKA: The Hidden Room) is directed by Edward Dmytryk and adapted to screenplay by Alec Coppel from his own book and play. It stars Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Sally Gray and Naunton Wayne. Music is by Nino Rota and cinematography by C.M. Pennington-Richards. Finally having had enough of his wife's affair with a young lover, Dr. Clive Riordan (Newton) plots a de…
This is probably the best straight-part effort from Robert Newton I've ever seen. He is super as the doctor "Riorden" who has had just about enough of his wife's infidelities so decides to rid himself of her latest flame "Bill" (Phil Brown). After surprising the couple at their home, he somehow (and this is very much the weaker part of the film) manages to get the man chained to the wall of a bom…