Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1959 · 1h 42m

Woman Obsessed

Director

Cast

Susan Hayward as Mary Sharron Stephen Boyd as Fred Carter Barbara Nichols as Mayme Radzevitch Dennis Holmes as Robbie Sharron Theodore Bikel as Dr. R. W. Gibbs Ken Scott as Sergeant Le Moyne

Crew

William C. Mellor — Director of Photography Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer Sydney Boehm — Writer John Mantley — Novel

Tagline

She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Henry Hathaway Director William C. Mellor Director of Photography Hugo Friedhofer Original Music Composer Sydney Boehm Writer John Mantley Novel

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