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DeWitt Bodeen (written by)
Release Date:
25 December 1942 (USA)
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She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel! more
Plot:
Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious Serbian-born fashion artist living in New York City, falls...
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1 win
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Farber in the Forties
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Directorial Double Whammies
(From Cinematical. 13 October 2009, 8:15 PM, PDT)
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:46 AM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Directorial Double Whammies
(From Cinematical. 13 October 2009, 8:15 PM, PDT)
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Sometimes The Less You See, The Better
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Simone Simon | ... | Irena Dubrovna Reed | |
| Kent Smith | ... | Oliver Reed | |
| Tom Conway | ... | Dr. Louis Judd | |
| Jane Randolph | ... | Alice Moore | |
| Jack Holt | ... | The Commodore | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| George Ford | ... | Whistling Cop (scenes deleted) | |
| Bud Geary | ... | Mounted Policeman (scenes deleted) | |
| Leda Nicova | ... | Patient (scenes deleted) | |
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Runtime:
73 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1978) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #8693) |
West Germany:12 (video rating)
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Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) were re-used.
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Factual errors: When Irena is alarmed by the woman in the restaurant, she makes the sign of the cross left-to-right, as a Western Catholic would. However, as a Serb, she would more likely have made it right-to-left, as Orthodox and Eastern Catholics do. And if she was Orthodox, she would join three fingers (thumb, index and middle finger) to make the sign of the cross, not use the whole hand.
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Quotes:
Woman at pet shop:
You can fool everybody, but landie dearie me, you can't fool a cat. They seem to know who's not right.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
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Is "Cat People" based on a book?Did Irena really turn into a panther?
Where did the dead sheep come from?
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This movie provides a good demonstration of how you can still generate good suspense without violence seen on-screen. Director Jacques Tourneur and producer Val Lewton liked these kind of film presentations. This was Lewton's first film, by the way. Viewers either seem to really be for this slower classic style, or totally turned off by these kind of films. It depends, I suppose, on what you are expecting and what kind of movies you like. If you are looking for an action-packed film, with some bloody or horrible scenes, skip this film. It will just bore you to death.
If you prefer the implied violent acts, horror, and even sexual stuff , then this is your cup of tea. It's very "moody."
Simon Simone does well in the key role of "Irena Dubrovna." Animals fear her and she fears getting attached to someone, such as "Oliver Reed" (Kent Smith) who comes along and there is mutual attraction. What happens to those two, and others I won't say. The film is only 72 minutes so why divulge what's in it? Just know what to expect. This is a far cry from today's horror films.