Film
Woman Obsessed
1959 · 1h 42m · Drama · Romance
She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...
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Overview
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.
Cast
Susan Hayward
Mary Sharron
Stephen Boyd
Fred Carter
Barbara Nichols
Mayme Radzevitch
Dennis Holmes
Robbie Sharron
Theodore Bikel
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken Scott
Sergeant Le Moyne
James Philbrook
Henri
Florence MacMichael
Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs
Crew
- Henry HathawayDirector
- Sydney BoehmWriter
- John MantleyNovel
- William C. MellorDirector of Photography
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 27, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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