The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 87 1940s mystery movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
689 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- DeWitt BodeenWriter
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Simone SimonIrena Dubrovna Reed
- Kent SmithOliver Reed
- Tom ConwayDr. Louis Judd
- Jane RandolphAlice Moore
- Jack HoltThe Commodore
- Henrietta BurnsideSue Ellen (uncredited)
- Alec CraigZookeeper (uncredited)
- Eddie DewStreet Policeman (uncredited)
- Elizabeth DunneMrs. Plunkett (uncredited)
- Dot FarleyMrs. Agnew (uncredited)
- Mary HalseyBlondie (uncredited)
- Theresa HarrisMinnie (uncredited)
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Themes
workjealousylove triangleisolationcatsmokingofficezootransformationpsychological stressmarriageanimal attack