Secretary

Sep 20, 2002

1h 51m

★ 6.8

Assume the position.

Overview

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Slough Pond

double A Films

TwoPoundBag Productions

Secretary Trailers

Cast

Mr. Grey

James Spader

Lee Holloway

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Peter

Jeremy Davies

Joan Holloway

Lesley Ann Warren

Burt Holloway

Stephen McHattie

Dr. Twardon

Patrick Bauchau

Tricia O'Connor

Jessica Tuck

Jonathan

Osgood Perkins

Lee's Sister

Amy Locane

Sylvia

Mary Joy

Stewart

Michael Mantell

Paralegal

Lily Knight

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

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