When a renowned psychoanalyst is deemed a suicide, the puzzle surrounding his sudden and unaccountable death, as it is put together piece by piece by one of his agitated patients, is the plot pursued by The Third Secret, an engrossing, if not altogether convincing, mystery melodrama of the weighty psychological school.
When a renowned psychoanalyst is deemed a suicide, the puzzle surrounding his sudden and unaccountable death, as it is put together piece by piece by one of his agitated patients, is the plot pursued by The Third Secret, an engrossing, if not altogether convincing, mystery melodrama of the weighty psychological school.
Stephen Boyd, as the inquisitive patient of the deceased analyst, conducts a private investigation to determine whether the death was actually a suicide (contradicting everything the noted doctor stood for) or a murder committed by one of his patients, of whom there were only four, according to the analyst’s daughter (Pamela Franklin). The investigation leads Boyd – an American telenewscaster living in England – from patient to patient, a fruitless path until he unearths ‘the third secret’.
A lack of animation in spots is evident in Boyd’s performance, but there are moments when he catches the spark of the character. Franklin does a highly professional job as the daughter. The three ex-patients visited by Boyd are Jack Hawkins as a judge, Diane Cilento as a secretary and Richard Attenborough as an art gallery owner.
The Third Secret
UK
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