Open Secret - DVD

Barry Wilding arrives in London to take over his uncle's estate, an old manor called the Hawk's Nest. When he arrives at the stately mansion, he discovers that a noted scientist and his beautiful daughter Julie are living there. His life is threatened and he is forcibly removed from the property with no explanation. After warnings to leave England and encounters with American gangsters, Barry is driven to seek out the truth. He soon lea

Joan Bennett (SCARLET STREET) stars as rich, bored heiress who recklessly marries an elusive and mysterious architect (Michael Redgrave, THE BROWNING VERSION) in this moody and atmospheric film noir. Seemingly trapped within the spare yet surreal and terrifying confines of her husbands mansion, she begins to fear for her life when his sublimated hatred for women starts to bubble over and his strange obsession for violent deaths leads her to believe that she may be next. With a rousing score by Miklss Rszsa (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE) and beautiful stark cinematography by Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER). Director and producer Fritz Lang (THE BIG HEAT) adds a psychoanalytic Freudian twist that is a distinct throwback to his German Expressionist roots.

Joachim Hansen, Senta Berger, Peter Carsten. The chilling tale of a series of grisly murders at a famed English Hotel. A German production filmed in Great Britain. From 16mm.