Obsession
2026 · Horror · Thriller
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Film / 1961
Homicidal
Directed by
William Castle
A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?
The story
A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?
Cast
Glenn CorbettKarl Anderson
Patricia BreslinMiriam Webster
Eugenie LeontovichHelga Swenson
Alan BunceDr. Jonas
Richard RustJim Nesbitt
James WesterfieldAlfred S. Adrims
Gilbert GreenLt. Miller
Joan MarshallEmily
Hope SummersMartha Adrims (Uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' PollardEddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
Wolfe BarzellOlie (Uncredited)
Teri Foster BrooksMrs. Forest (Uncredited)
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