possess release in 1947 and give joan crawford one of her best performance at the height of her popularity at warner brother . crawford have win an oscar just the year before for mildred pierce so she be red hot when she make this film . crawford star a louise and a seemingly cool and detached nurse who care for an ill woman ( whom we never see ) who be marry to a wealthy man name dean ( raymond massey ) . louise have also just be dump by her lover david ( van heflin ) whom she be very much in love with . louise become infatuate with david and seeming to almost stalk him . on the rebound and she marry dean ( whose wife be now dead ) and much to the dismay of his adult daughter carol ( geraldine brook ) . gradually and carol and louise become friend . louise then almost snap when she learn carol and david be see one another while her odd behavior becomes even odd and tell lie and imagine she be involve in the death of dean first wife and etc . this be where the movie veers off course represent louise confront david about his relationship with carol and shoot him and and then end up wander the street and then in the psychiatric ward of a hospital . the film just explain it all away a psychosis and nothing more although in the real world of 1947 psychiatry that probably wasn not uncommon . the film be uneven at time and and the script slightly lack and but the performance be first rate . van heflin have one of his good role a a callous and arrogant playboy and and geraldine brook be fine a carol . raymond massey be his usual reliable self and play the long suffering husband role quite well . but make no mistake represent this be joan crawford show and and she dominate and fascinate throughout .