Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
Stats: 56 reviews
"possessed" is one of the few flicks in the 40s which allows miss crawford to behave demurely like a lady, and effectively "possessed" has a sympathetic touch of ingrid bergman's "gaslight" with charles boyer as the insidious husband who schemes to trap his wife into insanity for...( read more)
What promised to be yet another melodrama about a jilted woman obsessed that quickly began to bore eventually paved the road for a great performance by Joan Crawford. It takes a soft turn into the psychology drama territory that was all the rage back in the 40s and 50s but it def...( read more)
Joan Crawford gives a fine performance, she's at her melodramatic best. This film is certainly over the top, but that plays a large part on it being enormously entertaining. Thoroughly enjoyable, it is Joan's film all the way.
Haunting performance by Joan Crawford... pitiful, then horrible.. all the while a proud woman. Very entertaining.
Well made movie, I like the format used with the flashbacks....
i am not the biggest crawford fan--surprise, surprise. her films are like madonna's film for me. they're great when she's not the focus, like 'grad hotel' or 'the women'. but this film is another matter. it's really good! and it could easily have crawford's most mutlilayered ...( read more)
Joan Crawford excels in this role, which she received an Oscar nomination for. It makes one think that Crawford's daughter's novel (which was made into the movie "Mommie Dearest") that depicted her as an abusive lunatic is all the more probable. Regardless, Crawford's performance...( read more)
The must-see Joan Crawford drama about love, schizophrenia, and how they aren't very compatible.
Possessed features a good story and wonderful acting, especially by Joan Crawford. Val Heflin and Raymond Massey also star.
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