Cat People

Cat People

5/12/1942 1h 13m 6.9/10

Overview

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.

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Top Billed Cast

Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Oliver Reed

Tom Conway

Tom Conway

Dr. Louis Judd

Jack Holt

Jack Holt

The Commodore

Simone Simon

Simone Simon

Irena Dubrovna Reed

Jane Randolph

Jane Randolph

Alice Moore

Henrietta Burnside

Sue Ellen (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/26/2022

6/10

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.

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