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Cat People

Movie (1942)

Sketch artist Irena Dubrovna (Simon) and American architect Oliver Reed (Smith) fall in love and marry after a brief courtship. But Irena believes that she suffers from an ancient curse and won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover.

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Released:	Dec 6th, 1942
Budget:	N/A
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Cat People Main Cast

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Simone Simon
plays Irena Dubrovna Reed

Kent Smith
plays Oliver Reed

Tom Conway
plays Dr. Louis Judd

Jane Randolph
plays Alice Moore

Jack Holt
plays The Commodore

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Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons were re-used.
R.K.O. gave Val Lewton only $150,000 to make the film, resulting in "creative" producing. This forced many of the scenes requiring special effects to be done in shadows which many believe increased the suspense of the film. When studio execs insisted that more footage of the panther be included in the movie, Lewton was able to maintain the budget and the suspense of the film by limiting how many scenes the panther could be visibly seen and told the cinematographer to "keep the panther in the shadows." Thus the panther was only visible in the office and zoo cage.
Filmed in 18 days.
When "The Cat Woman" (played, uncredited, by Elizabeth Russell) speaks to Irina in Serbian and calls her "my sister", Russell's dialog is dubbed by Simone Simon,

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Movie Series/Collection

1942
- Cat People

1944
- The Curse of the Cat People