The Third Secret

The Third Secret (1964)

The Story of a Man Searching for a Killer Who Might Be Himself!

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.

Date of release
1964-02-02
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Director
Charles Crichton

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $600K

The Third Secret is a 1964 British CinemaScope neo-noir psychological mystery thriller film directed by Charles Crichton, and starring Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento, Pamela Franklin, Paul Rogers, Alan Webb and Judi Dench. The screenplay by Robert L. Joseph focuses on an American newscaster who investigates the mysterious death of his psychoanalyst. According to the film, there are three kinds of secrets; the first, you keep from others; the second, you keep from yourself, and the third is the truth.

Production

Patricia Neal was cast as one of the doctor's patients, but all her scenes were cut from the film before it was released.

Crichton said he "really made" the film "because I needed a job" although he felt it "was quite an interesting picture." He says after they finished making the film the Zanucks took over Fox "and Zanuck decided he wanted to make pictures for the family and this was a strange mad picture so he cut out most of the mad bits which didn't help."

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