2 Movies Starring Geraldine Brooks

Possessed

Possessed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1947-07-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2862 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Silvia Richards (screenplay)

Ranald MacDougall (screenplay)

Rita Weiman (story)

Fullplot:

A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.

An Act of Murder

An Act of Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-12-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (377 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Gordon

Cast:

Writer:

Ernst Lothar (novel)

Michael Blankfort (screenplay)

Robert Thoeren (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to consider mercy-killing, but that would place him in the position of a defendant.

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.

View our privacy policy.