Undercurrent (1946)
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59% of users liked it
(411 ratings)
A change of pace for both director Vincente Minnelli and star Katharine Hepburn, this taut drama features the latter as Ann Hamilton, the daughter of a scientist (Edmund Gwenn), who after a whirlwind romance marries handsome but slightly mysterious inventor turned businessman Alan Garroway (Robert… More A change of pace for both director Vincente Minnelli and star Katharine Hepburn, this taut drama features the latter as Ann Hamilton, the daughter of a scientist (Edmund Gwenn), who after a whirlwind romance marries handsome but slightly mysterious inventor turned businessman Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor). But wedded bliss proves short-lived when Garroway refuses to discuss his brother Michael, whose presence is felt constantly despite the mystery surrounding his whereabouts. The missing Michael becomes an obsession for Ann, whose curiosity is piqued even more after a chance encounter with Sylvia Burton (Jayne Meadows), a young woman who figures in the lives of both brothers and who displays a strange resemblance to Ann herself. Despite Alan's dire misgivings, Ann feels compelled to solve the mystery of Michael, until, that is, she discovers that Alan may very well have murdered his own brother. Undercurrent marked the screen debut of Jayne Meadows and a breakthrough of sorts for Robert Mitchum, whom M-G-M borrowed from David O. Selznick for a reputed $25,000. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Directed By
- Vincente Minnelli
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 28, 1946 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Minnelli's first foray into film noir is marred by the casting of Katharine Hepburn as a frail woman, married to a psychopath (Robert Taylor, also miscast) but attracted to his sensitive brother (Robert Mitchum!)
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Crime thriller with many strange undercurrents itself.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It successfully takes on the theme from Gaslight.
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Cast
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Katharine Hepburn
as Ann Hamilton
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Robert Taylor
as Alan Garroway
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Robert Mitchum
as Michael Garroway
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Edmund Gwenn
as Prof. Dink Hamilton
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Marjorie Main
as Lucy
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Jayne Meadows
as Sylvia Lea Burton
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Clinton Sundberg
as Mr. Warmsley
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Dan Tobin
as Prof. Joseph Bangs
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Kathryn Card
as Mrs. Foster
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Leigh Whipper
as George
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Charles Trowbridge
as Justice Putnam
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James Westerfield
as Henry Gilson
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Monya Andre
as Saleswoman
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Jean Andren
as Mrs. Davenport
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Sylvia Andrew
as Nora
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Barbara Billingsley
as Guest
- Betty Blythe
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Bill Cartledge
as Messenger
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Wheaton Chambers
as Proprietor
- Dorothy Christy
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Frank Dae
as 2nd Man
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Helen Eby-Rock
as Fitter
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Sarah Edwards
as Manager
- Ella Ethridge
- Florence Fair
- Bess Flowers
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Eula Guy
as Housekeeper
- Ernest Hilliard
- Hazel Keener
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Milt Kibbee
as Minister
- Frank Leigh
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Victor McLaglen
as Uncle Ben
- Harold Miller
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Bert Moorhouse
as lst Man
- Clive Morgan
- Jack Murphy
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Forbes Murray
as Sen. Edwards
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Robert E. O'Connor
as Stationmaster
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Gordon Richards
as Headwaiter
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Ellen Ross
as Gwen
- Reginald Simpson
- Joan Thorsen
- Laura Treadwell
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Hank Worden
as Attendant
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Phil Dunham
as Elevator Man
- Oliver Cross
- James Carlisle
- David Cavendish
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Jane Green
as Woman
- Ann Lawrence
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Rudy Rama
as Headwaiter
- Dick Earle
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William Eddritt
as Butler
- Nina Ross
