An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
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- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Henrietta Burnside
- Sue Ellen
- (uncredited)
Alec Craig
- Zookeeper
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
- Street Policeman
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Dunne
- Mrs. Plunkett
- (uncredited)
Dynamite
- The Panther
- (uncredited)
Dot Farley
- Mrs. Agnew
- (uncredited)
Mary Halsey
- Blondie
- (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
- Minnie
- (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
- Bus Driver
- (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Connie Leon
- Neighbor Who Called Police
- (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
- Sheep Caretaker
- (uncredited)
Alan Napier
- Doc Carver
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe horror movie technique of slowly building tension to a jarring shock which turns out to be something completely harmless and benign became known as a "Lewton bus" after a famous scene in this movie created by producer Val Lewton. The technique is also referred to as a "cat scare," as off-screen noises are often revealed to be a startled harmless cat.
- GoofsWhen Irena does not show up at her apartment when Dr. Judd, Oliver, and Alice are waiting for her, they leave. Dr. Judd hides his cane in the apartment to give him an excuse to borrow Oliver's key and go back in for it. Afterward, he leaves the door unlocked so that he can sneak back in, something that is hidden from Oliver and Alice. Yet, after Oliver and Alice are threatened in the office, they call the apartment to warn Dr. Judd that Irena is definitely dangerous and that he should leave.
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Irena Dubrovna: I like the dark. It's friendly.
- Crazy credits[From the opening credits] "Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression sin the world consciousness." - "The Anatomy of Atavism" - Dr. Louis Judd
- ConnectionsFeatured in Draculeena Presents: Cat People (1960)
Featured review
A horror classic. Hugely influential and still as enjoyable as ever.
'Cat People' was the first collaboration between director Jacques Tourneur ('Curse Of The Demon') and producer Val Lewton, and is still one of their greatest achievements, and one of the most influential horror movies ever made. It's arguably the best horror movie made between the Universal classics of the 1930s and the beginning of Hammer studios in the 1950s. So many subsequent film makers from Hitchcock on down have been influenced by this movie and yet it rarely gets the respect it deserves. 'Cat People' pretends to be a monster movie but is really something more complex, and relies on atmosphere and suspense rather than explicit shocks or gore (there is virtually none of the latter). Fans of Hitchcock and film noir will probably appreciate it more than hardcore gorehounds. Simone Simon is very well cast as the mysterious and troubled Irena and the rest of the cast range from adequate to very good. The acting is probably one of the weakest links in the film but not enough to spoil your enjoyment (I think 1940s acting is an acquired taste and I can see how a modern viewer who expects more realistic and natural performances could sometimes find them a bit hard to swallow). 'Cat People' is a horror classic and is highly recommended to anyone interested in the genre.
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- $134,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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