Woman Obsessed

May. 27,1959      
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.

Susan Hayward as  Mary Sharron
Stephen Boyd as  Fred Carter
Barbara Nichols as  Mayme Radzevitch
Theodore Bikel as  Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken Scott as  Sergeant Le Moyne
James Philbrook as  Henri
Florence MacMichael as  Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs

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Reviews

Scanialara
1959/05/27

You won't be disappointed!

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Vashirdfel
1959/05/28

Simply A Masterpiece

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Ensofter
1959/05/29

Overrated and overhyped

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Zandra
1959/05/30

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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