The Shadow of the Cat
Cast & Crew
John Gilling
Andre Morell
Barbara Shelley
William Lucas
Freda Jackson
Conrad Phillips
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Synopsis
Wealthy Ella Venable is murdered and buried by her husband, Walter, and their servants, Clara and Andrew, all of whom want her inheritance. Ella's pet cat witnesses the crime, and when the victim's niece Beth visits the family's Victorian mansion with newspaperman Michael Latimer, she discovers that the formerly placid animal is now a ferocious beast. As the cat's behavior becomes increasingly ominous, the murderers decide the animal must be destroyed; however, the crafty beast forces Andrew into some quicksand and so terrifies Clara that she plunges to her death down a long flight of stairs. In desperation, Walter attempts to coerce some relatives into killing the cat and destroying Ella's will, which names Beth as sole beneficiary; but they, too, are eliminated by the animal. A heart attack brought on by panic confines Walter to bed, but the hissing cat continues menacing him until he dies. The animal then leads Beth and Michael to Ella's body.
Director
John Gilling
Cast
Andre Morell
Barbara Shelley
William Lucas
Freda Jackson
Conrad Phillips
Alan Wheatley
Andrew Crawford
Henry Kendall
Catherine Lacey
Vanda Godsell
Richard Warner
Kynaston Reeves
John Dearth
Fred Stone
George Doonan
Charles Stanley
Vera Cook
Rodney Burke
Howard Knight
Kevin Stoney
Angela Crow
Crew
Molly Arbuthnot
Roy Ashton
George Baxt
Les Bowie
Ken Cameron
Tilly Day
Tom Edwards
Dominic Fulford
Arthur Grant
Len Harris
John Holmes
Stuart Lyons
Jock May
Don Mingaye
James Needs
Jon Penington
John Peverall
John Pomeroy
Bernard Robinson
Frieda Steiger
Alban Streeter
Mikis Theodorakis
Don Weeks
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Opened in London in April 1961.
