The Secret Heart (1946)
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her Lee's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
- Released
- 1946-12-25
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Whitfield Cook, Robert Z. Leonard, Anne Morrison Chapin
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Lee Addams
- Walter Pidgeon as Chris Matthews
- June Allyson as Penny Addams
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Rossiger
- Robert Sterling as Chase N. Addams
- Marshall Thompson as Brandon Reynolds
- Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Stover
- Richard Derr as Larry Addams
- Patricia Medina as Kay Burns
- Eily Malyon as Miss Hunter
- Anne Lacey as Penny as a Child
- Dwayne Hickman as Chase as a Child