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Cat People

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A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1942-12-05

Runtime: 73 mins

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Writer: DeWitt Bodeen

Spoken language: Srpski, English

Genres: Mystery, Horror, Romance

Original title: Cat People

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Simone Simon

Kent Smith

Tom Conway

Jane Randolph

Jack Holt

Sue Ellen (uncredited)

Henrietta Burnside

Zookeeper (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Street Policeman (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Mrs. Plunkett (uncredited)

Elizabeth Dunne

Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)

Dot Farley

Blondie (uncredited)

Mary Halsey

Minnie (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

Bus Driver (uncredited)

Charles Jordan

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Cat People Collection

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Reviews

Geronimo1967

Simone Simon ("Irina Dubrovna") comes to work in New York where she falls in love with Kent Smith ("Oliver Reed"). Their relationship soon becomes strained after she struggles with intimacy - you see she believes that should she ever even kiss someone she loved, she would turn into a violent feline and claw him to death. She confides in her now husband and somewhat sceptical, he sends her to a psychiatrist, the debonaire Tom Conway ("Dr. Judd"). Our story tracks her determination to get past this obsession in the face of her growing suspicion that "Oliver" is seeking solace elsewhere - and that they are planning on having her committed - in a tense and eerie way. The dialogue is quite stilted and the theatricality of the performances rob the film of much of it's pace - but it is still a good horror thriller.

2022-06-26

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