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Cat People
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.
1942 · Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 73 min · Mystery · Horror · Romance · 34 frames
Tagline
She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel!
Crew
- Written by: DeWitt Bodeen
- Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca
- Edited by: Mark Robson
- Music: Roy Webb
- Produced by: Val Lewton
Cast
- Simone Simon as Irena Dubrovna Reed
- Kent Smith as Oliver Reed
- Tom Conway as Dr. Louis Judd
- Jane Randolph as Alice Moore
- Jack Holt as The Commodore
- Henrietta Burnside as Sue Ellen (uncredited)
- Alec Craig as Zookeeper (uncredited)
- Eddie Dew as Street Policeman (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Dunne as Mrs. Plunkett (uncredited)
- Dot Farley as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Serbian, English
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Budget: $134,000
- Box office: $4,000,000
- Themes: work, jealousy, love triangle, isolation, cat, smoking, office, zoo, transformation, psychological stress
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