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Obsession

Name: Obsession
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1976
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Wanda Blackman

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

1976 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 99 min · Thriller · Mystery · Drama · 13 frames

Tagline

A bizarre story of love.

Crew

Screenplay: Paul Schrader
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by: Paul Hirsch
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Produced by: Harry N. Blum, George Litto

Cast

Cliff Robertson as Michael Courtland
Geneviève Bujold as Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
John Lithgow as Robert Lasalle
Sylvia Kuumba Williams as Maid
Wanda Blackman as Amy Courtland
J. Patrick McNamara as Third Kidnapper
Stanley J. Reyes as Inspector Brie
Nick Kreiger as Farber
Stocker Fontelieu as Dr. Ellman
Don Hood as Ferguson

Production

Country: United States of America, Italy
Language: English
Studios: Yellowbird Productions, Columbia Pictures
Budget: $1,400,000
Box office: $4,468,000
Themes: sense of guilt, ransom, money delivery, fake identity, florence, italy, art restoration, suspense mystery

More by Brian De Palma

Casualties of War — 1989
Dressed to Kill — 1980
Scarface — 1983
Body Double — 1984
Blow Out — 1981
The Untouchables — 1987
The Fury — 1978
Mission to Mars — 2000
Sisters — 1973
Phantom of the Paradise — 1974
Hi, Mom! — 1970
Domino — 2019
Carlito's Way — 1993
Carrie — 1976
Mission: Impossible — 1996
The Bonfire of the Vanities — 1990
The Black Dahlia — 2006

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