The Shadow of the Cat

The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

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

  • Genre: Horror, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1961-05-01
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 31 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 19min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Hammer Film Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: John Gilling
star 6.8/10
From 31 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • André Morell

    as Walter Venable

  • Barbara Shelley

    as Beth Venable

  • William Lucas

    as Jacob Venable

  • Freda Jackson

    as Clara, the Maid

  • Conrad Phillips

    as Michael Latimer

  • Richard Warner

    as Edgar Venable

  • Vanda Godsell

    as Louise Venable

  • Alan Wheatley

    as Inspector Rowles

  • Andrew Crawford

    as Andrew

  • Catherine Lacey

    as Ella Venable

  • Kynaston Reeves

    as The Grandfather

  • Rodney Burke

    as Workman (uncredited)

  • Vera Cook

    as The Mother (uncredited)

  • Angela Crow

    as The Daughter (uncredited)

  • John Dearth

    as Constable Hamer (uncredited)

  • George Doonan

    as Ambulance Man (uncredited)

  • Peter Evans

    as Constable (uncredited)

  • Henry Kendall

    as The Doctor (uncredited)

  • Howard Knight

    as The Son (uncredited)

  • Charles Stanley

    as Dobbins (uncredited)

  • Fred Stone

    as Ambulance Man (uncredited)

  • Kevin Stoney

    as Father (uncredited)
Directing John Gilling Director
Writing George Baxt Writer
Production Jon Penington Producer
Art Bernard Robinson Production Design
Camera Arthur Grant Director of Photography
Production Stuart Lyons Casting Director
Art Peter Allchorne Props
Art Arthur Banks Construction Manager
Crew Jack Cooper Stunts
Camera Len Harris Camera Operator
Lighting Jack Curtis Electrician
Camera Tom Edwards Still Photographer
Camera Alan McDonald Clapper Loader
Camera Harry Oakes Focus Puller
Sound Míkis Theodorakis Conductor
Crew John Holmes Animal Wrangler
Art Don Mingaye Art Direction
Editing James Needs Supervising Editor
Editing John Pomeroy Editor
Production Stuart Lyons Casting
Costume & Make-Up Roy Ashton Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Frieda Steiger Hairstylist
Production Don Weeks Production Manager
Sound Ken Cameron Sound Recordist
Sound Jock May Sound Recordist
Sound Alban Streeter Sound Editor
Sound Míkis Theodorakis Original Music Composer
Directing Dominic Fulford Second Assistant Director
Directing John Peverall Assistant Director
Crew Les Bowie Special Effects
Crew Ian Scoones Special Effects Assistant
Costume & Make-Up Molly Arbuthnot Wardrobe Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Yvonne Blake Assistant Costume Designer
Directing Tilly Day Continuity

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