The Leopard Man

1943

Action / Film-Noir / Horror / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 63% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 6493 6.5K

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Plot summary

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

Director

Jacques Tourneur Photo
Jacques Tourneur

Top cast

Sidney D'Albrook Photo
Sidney D'Albrook as Waiter Serving Helene and Dwight
Abner Biberman Photo
Abner Biberman as Charlie How-Come
Kate Drain Lawson Photo
Kate Drain Lawson as Señora Delgado
William H. O'Brien Photo
William H. O'Brien as Bartender
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565.02 MB
988*720
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 6 min
Seeds 4
1.02 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 6 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BaronBl00d 8 / 10

How a Catwalk Leads to Murder

Dennis O'Keefe and Jean Brooks decide to elevate their act in New Mexico by having Brooks walk on-stage with a black leopard. The Mexican castanet dancer, Clo Clo(deliciously played by Margo), mashes the castanets menacingly at the cat, it flees, and a panic spreads amongst the people of the little village. Soon, one girl dies, then another, and another...and evidence points that a cat did it and later to something completely different. The Leopard Man is one of those rare films that is very effective with shadows and fog without showing anything. We never see any of the deaths happen "on-stage" so to speak. The imaginations of the viewers are enlisted to conjure up what might be the scene of each murder. Director Jacques Tournier and producer Val Lewton probably team up for their best collaboration. This film is laced with moody atmosphere, great pacing, quality performances, and a script worked over by the camera that enforces theme and symbolic meaning throughout. I found this film haunting, eerie, and poetic in its own way. O' Keefe, James Bell, Margo, Brooks, and the entire cast give credible turns and enforce our ability to accept what is going on.Some scenes are quite memorable: the young girl walking back home from the store is a classic scene of terror, the cemetery scene, and the procession of the monks allowed Tournier to work his magic with the lens. Tournier was always able to tell so much story with so little dialog. Though some might find the ending a bit of a letdown, I thoroughly enjoyed The Leopard Man.
Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 6 / 10

Dramatic and Suspenseful Low-Budget Horror Movie

In New Mexico, the agent Jerry Manning (Dennis O'Keefe) hires the leopard of the sideshow performer Charlie How-Come (Abner Biberman) as a publicity stunt for his girlfriend Kiki Walker (Isabel Jewell) in her show in a night-club. However, her jealous rival Clo-Clo (Margo) frightens the animal with her castanets and the leopard flees from the night-club.When the mother of the local Teresa Delgado (Margaret Landry) forces her to go late night to buy cornmeal in a distant store and the girl is killed by the leopard. Manning joins the hunting party organized by the Police Chief Roblos (Ben Bard) and the expert Dr. Galbraith (James Bell) to hunt down the animal.Then the youth Consuelo Contreras (Tula Parma) is slaughtered in the cemetery and Manning suspects that the girl was murdered by a man. Then Clo-Clo is murdered with the same characteristics looking like a leopard attack. When the animal is found murdered in the countryside, Manning is sure that the deaths are the work of a serial-killer."The Leopard Man" is a dramatic and suspenseful low-budget horror movie with a gloomy cinematography and a predictable story. There are weird situations, like the dark humor of Teresa's little brother playing with the shadows or Clo-Clo rattling her castanets like a snake, or the dark procession in the end, and it is worthwhile watching this B-movie. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "O Homem-Leopardo" ("The Leopard Man")
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