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Cat People
Release Date: December 05, 1942
Year | : | 1942 |
Slogan | : | «SHE WAS MARKED WITH THE CURSE OF THOSE WHO SLINK AND COURT AND KILL BY NIGHT!» |
Genres | : | Horror, Drama, Mystery |
Production Companies | : | RKO Radio Pictures |
Director | : | Jacques Tourneur |
Producers | : | Val Lewton |
Writers | : | DeWitt Bodeen |
RunTime | : | 73 mins. |
Budget | : | 134000 |
Revenue | : | 4000000 |
Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love, and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, pursuant to a belief harbored by her home village.
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