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The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart

DEC 25, 1946 · 97 MIN · DIR. ROBERT Z. LEONARD

Drama

Penny 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.

Cast

  • Claudette Colbert

    Claudette Colbert

    Lee Addams

  • Walter Pidgeon

    Walter Pidgeon

    Chris Matthews

  • June Allyson

    June Allyson

    Penny Addams

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore

    Dr. Rossiger

  • Robert Sterling

    Robert Sterling

    Chase N. Addams

  • Marshall Thompson

    Marshall Thompson

    Brandon Reynolds

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    Elizabeth Patterson

    Mrs. Stover

  • Richard Derr

    Richard Derr

    Larry Addams

  • Patricia Medina

    Patricia Medina

    Kay Burns

  • Eily Malyon

    Eily Malyon

    Miss Hunter

  • Anne Lacey

    Penny as a Child

  • Dwayne Hickman

    Dwayne Hickman

    Chase as a Child

Crew

Screenplay

Whitfield Cook

Screenplay

Anne Morrison Chapin

Story

Rose Franken

Story

William Brown Meloney

Director of Photography

George J. Folsey

Editor

Adrienne Fazan

Original Music Composer

Bronislau Kaper

Producer

Edwin H. Knopf