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The Leopard Man (1943)

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Adapted from the Cornell Woolrich novel Black Alibi, The Leopard Man is a lesser but still fascinating psychological-horror effort from producer Val Lewton. Someone has been killing off the citizens of a small New Mexico town, and the most likely suspect is a huge leopard, purchased for a local nightclub act by press agent Jerry Manning (Dennis O'Keefe), which has escaped from its cage. Neither Manning nor his star Clo-Clo (Margo) are totally convinced that the big cat is responsible.The

PG, 1 hr. 6 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Jacques Tourneur , Mark Robson

In Theaters: May 8, 1943 Wide

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe
Jerry Manning
Margo
Clo-Clo
Jean Brooks
Kiki Walker
Isabel Jewell
Maria
James Bell
Dr. Galbraith
Margaret Landry
Teresa Delgado
Richard Martin
Raoul Belmonte
Tula Parma
Consuelo Contreras
Ben Bard
Chief Robles
Ariel Heath
Eloise
Fely Franquelli
Rosita
Rita Corday
Jacqueline de Wit
Helene
John Dilson
Coroner
Joe Dominguez
Cop
William Halligan
Brunton
Rose Higgins
Indian Weaver
Brandon Hurst
Gatekeeper
Kate Lawson
Senora Delgado
Jacques Lory
Philippe
Charles Lung
Manuel
Mary MacLaren
Nun
Ottola Nesmith
Senora Contreras
George Sherwood
Police Lieutenant
Robert Spindola
Pedro
Marguerite Sylva
Marta
John Tettener
Minister
Russell Wade
Man in Car
Abner Biberman
Charlie How-Come
Betty Roadman
Clo-Clo's Mother
Elias Gamboa
Senor Delgado
John Piffle
Flower Vendor
Robert Anderson
Dwight

Critic Reviews for The Leopard Man

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)

It's all confusion, in fact too much for an audience to follow.

November 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Half-baked efforts such as this one provoke little more than a yawn.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Top Critic

epending for much of its effect on a subtle and poetic nudging of the spectator's imagination, the film has a couple of sequences that are truly terrifying.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Comes with one of the cinema's most shocking murder scenes, with barely anything actually shown.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

While not as challenging or thematically dense as the other Lewton/Tourneur masterworks, there are individual sequences in The Leopard Man that refuse to fade from memory.

November 15, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Tourneur ... manages to produce RKO's usual heady layer of ominous atmosphere on a minimal budget, but the script's explanation of the attacks ends up letting him down.

July 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies Source: Goatdog's Movies

A film for lovers of pools of darkness.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

A wonderful little film in love with being in the shadows.

December 17, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

There's a certain multi-cultural conflict that distinguishes the Lewton-Tourneurs.

July 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

predicts the skeezy, south of the border noir of Touch of Evil

June 26, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Not a starry cast, but good acting and some real jump-out-of-the-seat moments.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Moodiness galore in this creepy tale

April 18, 2003 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

One of the better, but more overlooked, Val Lewton films by Jacques Tourneur

August 7, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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The movie starts out good, but it disappoints in the end.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

I thought The Leopard Man was going to be a rehash of Cat People was I was pleasantly disappointed. It's another thriller out of the Val Lewton stable about a killer escaped panther, but as time goes on turns out to be something completely different. The twist at the end isn't very difficult to figure out, but The

November 15, 2006

Michael Gildea

Super Reviewer

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