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Cat People

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Cat People

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Psychological horror starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith and Tom Conway. Oliver, a young New Yorker, falls in love with Irena, a Serbian-born fashion designer, whom he meets at the Central Park Zoo. But Irena is haunted by a bizarre past involving the occult and bestial worship, which threatens those who approach her with death and destruction.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Produced by Val Lewton and directed by the great Jacques Tourneur, this was one of the first Hollywood horrors to play on the audience's fears rather than expose it to ghouls and monsters. Simone Simon makes one of cinema's most sensual menaces as the sketch artist who turns into a panther as a result of an ancient Serbian curse. Apart from Simon, the acting's pretty ropey, but the film is packed with eerie moments - the famous walk through the park gave rise to the term "bus", meaning a false shock (you'll have to watch to see what we mean). It was remade in 1982 by Paul Schrader, but this is better.

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Cast

rolenameIrena DubrovnaSimone SimonDr JuddTom ConwayAlice MooreJane RandolphCommodoreJack HoltOliver ReedKent SmithCarverAlan NapierMiss PlunkettElizabeth DunneThe cat womanElizabeth RussellBlondieMary HalseyZoo keeperAlec CraigWhistling copGeorge FordMrs HansenBetty RoadmanMrs AgnewDot FarleyBus driverCharles JordanTaxi driverDonald KerrPatientLeda NicovaMinnieTheresa Harris

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rolenameDirectorJacques Tourneur

Details

Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

1999-10-29

Languages

English | Czech | Serbian

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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