Woman Obsessed

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Woman Obsessed (1959)

Directed by Henry Hathaway

“She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...”

Drama, Romance · 1h 42m

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.

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Cast

Susan Hayward Mary Sharron Stephen Boyd Fred Carter Barbara Nichols Mayme Radzevitch
D
Dennis Holmes Robbie Sharron Theodore Bikel Dr. R. W. Gibbs Ken Scott Sergeant Le Moyne James Philbrook Henri Florence MacMichael Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs

Crew

Director
Henry Hathaway
Writer
Sydney Boehm
Novel
John Mantley
Director of Photography
William C. Mellor
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer

Details

Release date
1959-05-27
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
20th Century Fox