Mortgage on Life (German: Verpfändetes Leben) is a 1946 novel by the Austrian writer Vicki Baum, by then living in the United States of America.Johnson p.12
Film adaptation In 1949 it was adapted into the film A Woman's Secret directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas and Gloria Grahame.Goble p.29
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Johnson, Kevin. The Dark Page: Books that Inspired American Film Noir, (1940-1949). Oak Knoll Press, 2007.