Post by Zone Fighter on Apr 26, 2008 19:07:47 GMT -8
The Leopard Man (1943)
Producer: Val Lewton
Director: Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie)
From Cornell Woolrich's novel "Black Alibi"
Dennis O'Keefe - Jerry Manning
Margo - Clo-Clo
Jean Brooks - Kiki Walker
Isabel Jewell - Maria
James Bell - Dr. Galbraith
Margaret Landry - Teresa Delgado
Abner Biberman - Charlie How-Come
Tula Parma - Consuelo Contreras
Ben Bard - Chief Roblos
After a black leopard escapes from a nightclub women are killed, apparently by a leopard, but Jerry Manning doesn't believe the killer is the cat and sets out to prove the killer is a man.
The leopard is the same animal that appeared in Cat People.
I liked this. Again the horror is more in what is not seen than what is. Just as a bus sudden appearing is the most startling scene in Cat People a train passing by is the most startling thing in this film. That's apparently Val Lewton's trademark, using some thing that is not usually frightening to scare the audience.
The ending was a little rushed and the identity of the killer was obvious, but I still enjoyed this movie.
Included in The Val Lewton Horror Collection. I'm watching the films in chronilogical order (based on IMdb release dates) rather than DVD set order, so next will be The Seventh Victim followed by The Ghost Ship.
Producer: Val Lewton
Director: Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie)
From Cornell Woolrich's novel "Black Alibi"
Dennis O'Keefe - Jerry Manning
Margo - Clo-Clo
Jean Brooks - Kiki Walker
Isabel Jewell - Maria
James Bell - Dr. Galbraith
Margaret Landry - Teresa Delgado
Abner Biberman - Charlie How-Come
Tula Parma - Consuelo Contreras
Ben Bard - Chief Roblos
After a black leopard escapes from a nightclub women are killed, apparently by a leopard, but Jerry Manning doesn't believe the killer is the cat and sets out to prove the killer is a man.
The leopard is the same animal that appeared in Cat People.
I liked this. Again the horror is more in what is not seen than what is. Just as a bus sudden appearing is the most startling scene in Cat People a train passing by is the most startling thing in this film. That's apparently Val Lewton's trademark, using some thing that is not usually frightening to scare the audience.
The ending was a little rushed and the identity of the killer was obvious, but I still enjoyed this movie.
Included in The Val Lewton Horror Collection. I'm watching the films in chronilogical order (based on IMdb release dates) rather than DVD set order, so next will be The Seventh Victim followed by The Ghost Ship.