---
title: 'The Curse of the Cat People (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 70
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-curse-of-the-cat-people-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036733/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

1944 · 70 min · Fantasy, Horror, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Curse of the Cat People is a 1944 American psychological supernatural thriller film directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise, produced by Val Lewton, and starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, and Ann Carter. It tells a story about a young girl who befriends the ghost of her father's deceased first wife, a Serbian fashion designer who descended from a race of people who could transform into cats. The film, which marks Wise's first directing credit, is a sequel to Cat People (1942) and shares characters with the first film. The plot is only tangentially related to the original, though.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise), [Gunther von Fritsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-von-fritsch)
- **Screenplay:** [DeWitt Bodeen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewitt-bodeen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Val Lewton](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-lewton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)

## Cast

- [Elizabeth Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-russell) as Barbara Farren
- [Eve March](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-march) as Miss Callahan
- [Sir Lancelot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sir-lancelot) as Edward
- [Jane Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-randolph) as Alice Reed
- [Kent Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-smith) as Oliver Reed
- [Ann Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-carter) as Amy Reed
- [Erford Gage](https://cinepixo.com/people/erford-gage) as Police Captain
- [Julia Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-dean) as Julia Farren
- [Simone Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-simon) as Irena Dubrovna Reed

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