Or is it a leopard? Much of the acting is forgettable. The non-forgettable acting from Margo (whom I last saw in Lost Horizon) is seriously compromised by her character's incessant clicking of castanets. I kid you not. You cheer for the leopard to stop that damn noise! But the movie looks great and crackles in its most thrilling sequences of terror. Recommended.
Horror stories, movies, and comics reviewed. Blog name lifted from Ramsey Campbell.
Friday, March 2, 2018
The Leopard Man (1943)
The Leopard Man (1943): adapted from the Cornell Woolrich novel Black Alibi by Edward Dein and Ardel Wray; directed by Jacques Tourneur; starring Dennis O'Keefe (Jerry), Margo (Clo-Clo), Jean Brooks (Kiki), James Bell (Dr. Galbraith), and Abner Biberman (Charlie): One of the more minor horror-noir collaborations between producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur nonetheless has some lovely, sinister, moody noir stretches of tension as an escaped leopard stalks citizens by night in a small New Mexico town.
Or is it a leopard? Much of the acting is forgettable. The non-forgettable acting from Margo (whom I last saw in Lost Horizon) is seriously compromised by her character's incessant clicking of castanets. I kid you not. You cheer for the leopard to stop that damn noise! But the movie looks great and crackles in its most thrilling sequences of terror. Recommended.
Or is it a leopard? Much of the acting is forgettable. The non-forgettable acting from Margo (whom I last saw in Lost Horizon) is seriously compromised by her character's incessant clicking of castanets. I kid you not. You cheer for the leopard to stop that damn noise! But the movie looks great and crackles in its most thrilling sequences of terror. Recommended.
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