Film
Woman Obsessed
1959· 1h 42m· Drama· Romance
“She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...”
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.
1959-05-27
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Key Crew
DirectorHenry Hathaway
WriterSydney Boehm
Director of PhotographyWilliam C. Mellor
Original Music ComposerHugo Friedhofer
Full cast & crew (8 cast · 5 crew)
Details
Released1959-05-27
Runtime1h 42m
StatusReleased
Studios20th Century Fox
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.6/10 · 12 votes
Original languageen
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