The Secret Heart
1946 · 97 min
Drama
★ 6.5Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her Lee's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Crew
- Director Robert Z. Leonard
- Screenplay Whitfield Cook
- Screenplay Anne Morrison Chapin
- Story Rose Franken
- Story William Brown Meloney
- Director of Photography George J. Folsey
Cast
Claudette Colbert
Lee Addams
Walter Pidgeon
Chris Matthews
June Allyson
Penny Addams
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Rossiger
Robert Sterling
Chase N. Addams
Marshall Thompson
Brandon Reynolds
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Stover
Richard Derr
Larry Addams
Patricia Medina
Kay Burns
Eily Malyon
Miss Hunter
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Anne Lacey
Penny as a Child
Dwayne Hickman
Chase as a Child
Crew
- Director — Robert Z. Leonard
- Screenplay — Whitfield Cook
- Screenplay — Anne Morrison Chapin
- Story — Rose Franken
- Story — William Brown Meloney
- Director of Photography — George J. Folsey
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