Obsession (PG)

Revered for his chilling performance as Bill Sykes in David Lean’s Oliver Twist, Robert Newton steps into the role of a deceitful, brilliant psychiatrist in the 1949 British psychological noir, Obsession. Driven to the edge by his wife's infidelity, he orchestrates a sinister revenge. 

Written by Alec Coppel, who would later co-write Vertigo, and scored by the great Italian composer Nino Rota (8½, The Godfather), Obsession is a British film noir at its darkest and most deadly. 

Obsession has been restored by Powerhouse Films from a 4K scan of the nitrate duplicate negative, preserved at the BFI National Archive. Powerhouse Films publishes the Indicator series of Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, and, like Cinema Rediscovered, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. With thanks to Screenbound International Pictures.

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