The Leopard Man

1943
Approved
1 Std. 6 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6244

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Margo and Dennis O'Keefe in The Leopard Man (1943)

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Film Noir Horror Thriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6244

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Dwight Brunton
(Nicht genannt)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Nightclub Patron
(Nicht genannt)

Jack Chefe

Nightclub Waiter
(Nicht genannt)

David Cota

Boy Singer
(Nicht genannt)

Sidney D'Albrook

Waiter Serving Helene and Dwight
(Nicht genannt)

Rosita Delva

Young Lover
(Nicht genannt)

Jacqueline deWit

Helene
(Nicht genannt)

John Dilson

Coroner
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
The black leopard Dynamite also appeared in Val Lewton's Katzenmenschen (1942).

Patzer
At the nightclub, Kiki is seated at a table with Jerry and Galbraith. As she asks Galbraith why he gave up teaching, a slim dark-haired woman wearing a matching suit and hat walks past their table. The shot cuts to Galbraith saying 'Various reasons', and the woman can be seen behind him (just over his shoulder on the far left of the screen), already seated at a nearby table.

Zitate
Charlie How-Come: You don't get the idea, mister. These cops banging those pans, flashing those lights, they're gonna scare that poor cat of mine. Cats are funny, mister. They don't want to hurt you, but if you scare them they go crazy. These cops, they don't know what they're doing.

Alternative Versionen
Some older TV prints of "The Leopard Man" run 59 minutes.

Verbindungen
Featured in Terror on Twelve: The Leopard Man (1964)

Soundtracks
Las Mañanitas
(uncredited)
Traditional Mexican birthday song
Performed by Fely Franquelli and Ottola Nesmith

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My favorite Lewton-Tourneur film

I think 'The Leopard Man' is the most memorable and frightening of the three Lewton-Tourneur collaborations. While it may be more straightforward than 'I Walked With a Zombie' or 'Cat People,' it's more atmospheric and more effective because its chills are predicated on agoraphobic horror. 'I Walked With a Zombie' was confined to a tropical island setting, while 'The Leopard Man' takes place in a New Mexico border town, on the edge of town, so that we travel along the desolate and wide open spaces of the sleepy Southwest at nighttime.

Early in the film, a young Mexican girl is sent on a late-night errand by her mother to buy some tortilla. Being that the shop is closed, she must traverse the sandy expanse between town and the nearest open shop. During this trek, she must pass under a bridge, and the shadows and sounds that stalk her are terrifying. Recalling this scene, right now, gives me goosebumps.

Horror is the most cinematic of all genres, because it works directly on the viewer's emotions and fears, using atmosphere, sound, and montage as its tools. Most horror films are either exploitative or slick and empty, unfortunately, but to watch 'The Leopard Man' is to encounter the full potential of the horror genre, as Tourneur paints with shadows and not entrails. Forgive its plot holes and its lunkheaded denouement, because the journey there is a hair-raising walk in the dark.