Top billed cast

1. 

   Cliff Robertson

   Michael Courtland

2. 

   Geneviève Bujold

   Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari

3. 

   John Lithgow

   Robert Lasalle

4. 

   Sylvia Kuumba Williams

   Maid

5. 

   Wanda Blackman

   Amy Courtland

6. 

   J. Patrick McNamara

   Third Kidnapper

7. 

   Stanley J. Reyes

   Inspector Brie

8. 

   Nick Kreiger

   Farber

9. 

   Stocker Fontelieu

   Dr. Ellman

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-02-13

Déjà vu and Déjà vu.

Obsession is directed by Brian De Palma and written by Paul Schrader. It stars Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold and John Lithgow. Music is by Bernard Herrmann and cinematography by Vismos Zsigmond.

You either love him or hate him, it seems. Brian De Palma that is. He's an amazing stylist who made some piercingly great thrillers in the tradition of Maestro Hitchcock, or he's a knock off artist using style to hide his inadequacies as a story teller? One thing for sure, for a good portion of the 70s and 80s his films would not be ignored, for better or worse depen...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,400,000.00

Revenue
$4,468,000.00

Keywords

• sense of guilt
• ransom
• money delivery
• fake identity
• florence, italy
• art restoration