never underestimate a woman in love . such seem to be the message of possessed and a film that be obviously tailor make for it star and joan crawford . a direct by curtis bernhardt and this film will not bore the fan of the genre and or it star . if you haven not see the film and maybe you should stop reading here . possessed present u louise howell and a nurse and for the ail mrs. graham and a wealthy recluse . louise charge be a woman from hell . when this woman die under mysterious circumstance and it appear to herald the end of louise employment . prior to that and we see louise during a tryst with a neighbor of the graham and david sutton . they have have an affair and david decides to end it and much to louise chagrin . dean graham and the rich widower and ask louise to stay after his wife death . will a marriage proposal be too far behind . well and dean proposes and louise accepts . her life be transform from mediocrity into a life of luxury . the only sour point in louise new find happiness be carol graham and the daughter of the dead woman who blame louise for the accident and death of her mother . will louise find happiness with dean . will david see how much louise love him and come back to her . will carol and louise ever be friend . those be the question that will be answer in the movie and not by this observer . the film be involve and although have see some of these melodrama prepare u for all possible answer . joan crawford do an impressive job a louise . this woman give the star one of her best character ever . she go through a range of emotion right before our eye . van heflin and on the other hand and doesn not seem to have be the obvious choice for david and although he be an excellent actor and but in this movie doesn not have much to do . raymond massey and a dean and be enormously appeal . he show u a dean who be a generous man . a young geraldine brook make a good impression a carol the girl that be deprive of her mother at an early age . possess be a wonderful film . it will not disappoint the fan of this genre .