A young woman inherits a family curse that turns her into a murderous feline when she is angered.
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| Barbara Shelley | ... | Leonora Johnson - née Brandt | |
| Robert Ayres | ... | Dr. Brian Marlowe | |
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Kay Callard | ... | Dorothy Marlowe |
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Ernest Milton | ... | Edmund Brandt |
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Lily Kann | ... | Anna (Brandts' Housekeeper) |
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Jack May | ... | Richard Johnson |
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Paddy Webster | ... | Cathy (as Patricia Webster) |
| John Lee | ... | Allan | |
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Edward Harvey | ... | Doorman |
| Martin Boddey | ... | Cafferty | |
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John Watson | ... | Roberts |
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A young woman inherits a family curse that turns her into a murderous feline when she is angered.
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curse | human becoming an animal | uncle niece relationship | leopard | dark and stormy night |Taglines:
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September 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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A disturbed young woman (future genre stalwart Barbara Shelley) grudgingly accepts her feline legacy. Imitation CAT PEOPLE (1942) that attempts to have its cake and eat it too: just as the preliminary backdrop of a creaky mansion is traded for an urban milieu during the film's second half, a tangible menace – a pet leopard who feasts on its willing master (Shelley's batty uncle)! – is offset throughout by bouts of cod psychology – courtesy of neglected wife Shelley's long-suffering suitor of a medico. Not too badly done as these things go, but the lack of originality hurts the overall effort. While the running-time on IMDb is given at 76 minutes (and downloading websites seem to offer both 69 and 72-minute versions), the copy I watched – acquired off "You Tube" – ran for only 65 minutes, and even featured inordinately long transitions between scenes!