The Shadow of the Cat
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Shadow of the Cat (1961, UK) is a Horror film directed by John Gilling.
- Featured in: Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadows (BluRay)
Main Details
- Released on May 1, 1961 (UK)
- Color
- Running time: 79 minutes
- Production Co.: BHP | Hammer Studios
- Distribution Co.: Rank Film Distributors (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) | Universal Pictures (1961) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal-International) | Universal Film (1961) (Sweden) (theatrical) | Bio-Kuva (1961) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Directed by John Gilling
- Produced by Jon Penington
- Written by George Baxt
- Starring André Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas
- Music by Mikis Theodorakis
- Cinematography by Arthur Grant
- Edited by James Needs, John Pomeroy
Plot Summary
- A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.
Taglines
- The only witness to MURDER!
- Was it supernatural force or psychotic compulsion . . . that drove five maddened murderers to destroy themselves ?
- The most amazing suspense-thriller of the year!
