Cat People (1942 film)

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Cat People (1942 film) is a 1942 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, renowned for its atmospheric suspense, psychological tension, and influential use of shadow and suggestion over explicit scares.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
horror film
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
character Alice Moore
Dr. Louis Judd
Irena Dubrovna
Oliver Reed
cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca
composer Roy Webb
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReputation cult classic
highly influential horror film
director Jacques Tourneur
distributedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editor Mark Robson
era World War II era
genre horror film
psychological horror film
supernatural horror film
hasRemake Cat People (1982 film)
hasTheme fear of intimacy
sexual repression
supernatural curse
transformation
influenced psychological horror cinema
language English
leadActor Kent Smith
Simone Simon
leadCharacter Irena Dubrovna
notableFor atmospheric suspense
psychological tension
use of shadow and suggestion
originalLanguage English
partOf RKO horror cycle
producer Val Lewton
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDate 1942-12-05
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 73
screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen
setIn New York City
stars Jane Randolph
Kent Smith
Simone Simon
Tom Conway
studioEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

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RKO Radio Pictures notableWork Cat People (1942 film)
Victor Jory notableWork Cat People (1942 film)