The Secret Fury

This movie was terrific and even with a less than convincing ending, it's still well worth seeing. The film begins as Claudette Colbert is about to marry Robert Ryan. When the minister asks if anyone has any objections, a guy... Full review

**SPOILERS** At their big wedding ceremony just as both the groom David McLean, Robert Ryan, and the bride Ellen Ewing, Claudtte Colbert, are about to say "I Do" this party, or wedding, crasher pops up out of nowhere. The crasher... Full review

Claudette Colbert is a wealthy woman driven to near insanity in "The Secret Fury," also starring Robert Ryan and Jane Cowl. On her wedding day, a man appears who claims that an heiress, Ellen (Colbert), is already married. An investigation... Full review

When ever a film is produced or directed by Mel Ferrer, you can bet your life any of his pictures will be seen for generation after generation. Just having Claudette Colbert,(Ellen R. Ewing),"The Egg & I",'47 appearing and starring in... Full review

I watched this late film noir last winter when it was on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. It is one of those "Gaslight" clones, where the villain seeks to drive the heroine insane for personal reasons. Usually, in GASLIGHT or SLEEP MY... Full review

SECRET FURY might have worked as a tense film noir if a more compelling dramatic actress was used rather than CLAUDETTE COLBERT. Colbert was always at her sophisticated best in romantic comedy but here she is forced to play a... Full review

I was surprised, that ''The Secret Fury'' was an enjoyable good film...... Probably because, I didn't have any expectations for this movie..... Though, the film does have it's plot holes..... I would say, that you couldn't guess who was behind... Full review

The Secret Fury, in many ways a run-of-the-mill romantic suspense drama (directed by Mel Ferrer) boasts top-notch principals in Colbert and Ryan; it stays puzzling if not quite gripping until towards the end, when implausibility conquers suspension of disbelief --... Full review

Colbert and Ryan give convincing performances in a rare and entertaining, if preposterous melodrama. "The Secret Fury" is often listed as a lesser 'film noir', and that pretty well suits it. Colbert's character is in a very 'noir' situation. But... Full review

In the hands of lesser actors than Claudette Colbert and Robert Ryan this film could have become silly and trite. But, with these two experienced thespians leading the way, I found "Silent Fury" to be a most exciting and pleasurable... Full review