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The Curse of the Cat People
A tender tale of terror!
( Drama / Fantasy / Horror )

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MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 70 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 01, 1944   [USA]		  
Directors: Gunther von Fritsch   [Director]
Robert Wise   [Director]
 
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: Val Lewton   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: J.R. Whittredge   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Roy Webb   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Edward Stevenson   [Costume Designer]
 
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures   (US)
 

Plot Summary:

    A young, lonely girl lives in a dreamworld with her father's dead first wife as a playmate.
Cast:
Simone Simon
Ghost of Irena
Kent Smith
Oliver 'Ollie' Reed
Jane Randolph
Alice Reed
Ann Carter
Amy Reed
Eve March
Miss Callahan
 
Julia Dean
Julia Farren
Elizabeth Russell
Barbara Farren
Erford Gage
Police Captain
Sir Lancelot
Edward
 
Uncredited Cast:
Nita Hunter
Caroler Lois Huggins (uncredited)
  
Sarah Selby
Caroler Miss Plumett (uncredited)
  
 
Sound Crew:
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Francis M. Sarver
Sound Recordist
  
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
Art Department:
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Walter E. Keller
Art Direction
  
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
William Stevens
Set Decoration
  
 
Directing Crew:
Harry D'Arcy
Assistant Director
  
 

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