The Shadow of the Cat( 1961)

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Was it supernatural force or psychotic compulsion . . . that drove five maddened murderers to destroy themselves ?

Overview

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.

Top Billed Cast

André Morell
Walter Venable
Barbara Shelley
Beth Venable
William Lucas
Jacob Venable
Freda Jackson
Clara, the Maid
Conrad Phillips
Michael Latimer
Richard Warner
Edgar Venable
Vanda Godsell
Louise Venable
Alan Wheatley
Inspector Rowles
Andrew Crawford
Andrew
Catherine Lacey
Ella Venable
Kynaston Reeves
The Grandfather
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)
Henry Kendall
The Doctor (uncredited)
Howard Knight
The Son (uncredited)
Charles Stanley
Dobbins (uncredited)
Fred Stone
Ambulance Man (uncredited)
Kevin Stoney
Father (uncredited)

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A review by slayrrr666

Written by slayrrr666 on Wed Mar 08 2017

Following their relatives’ murder, a group of relatives gathered together at her house to read her will find their servants and other guests more concerned with killing the pet cat who had witnessed the incident and must try to find a way of stopping them from doing so. This one was quite a decent and somewhat enjoyable enough effort. One of the more enjoyable elements here is the fact that this one really goes quite nicely with the traditional style of efforts featuring that old-school film style. Playing on the archetype of the old-dark-house mysteries with the idea of relatives gathered t...