Le spectre du chat

Original title: The Shadow of the Cat

1961
12
1h 19m

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A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.

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6.3/10

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André Morell

Walter Venable
(as Andre Morell)

Barbara Shelley

Beth Venable

William Lucas

Jacob Venable

Freda Jackson

Clara

Conrad Phillips

Michael Latimer

Richard Warner

Edgar Venable

Vanda Godsell

Louise Venable

Alan Wheatley

Inspector Rowles

Andrew Crawford

Andrew

Kynaston Reeves

The Grandfather

Catherine Lacey

Ella Venable

Bunkie

Tabitha
(uncredited)

Rodney Burke

Workman
(uncredited)

Vera Cook

The Mother
(uncredited)

Angela Crow

The Daughter
(uncredited)

John Dearth

Constable Hamer
(uncredited)

George Doonan

Ambulance Man
(uncredited)

Peter Evans

Constable
(uncredited)

Director
- John Gilling
Writer
- George Baxt
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Trivia
The poem Ella is reading to Tabitha in the film's opening scene is the classic "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. The poem was originally published in January 1845.

Goofs
When Andrew the Butler is trying to lure the cat from behind a statue, and then later, when Beth Venable is approaching the cat on a staircase, a string, presumably to control the cat, is visible.

Quotes
Beth Venable: You mean to tell me that an ordinary domestic cat is terrorizing three grown-ups?

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Shadow of the Cat (1972)

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6/10

Entertaining

While working from a script requiring more suspension of disbelief than the plot can easily sustain, and wrought with some leaps of logic, an entertaining movie nonetheless. This UK Gothic thriller takes place around 1900. Its greatest strengths are sincere, solid acting on the part of everyone, a brisk pace, and comfortable reliance on effective, familiar genre conventions. A fun viewing for fans of UK thrillers and horror flicks (although definitely of the former genre, not the latter), or of Barbara Shelley or Andre Morrell.