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Cat People
1942
· Movie
· 73 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1587
- IMDb #1823
- Rotten Tomatoes #1392
- Metacritic #607
- Letterboxd #1597
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #797
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2348
- Metacritic Critics #419
- Metacritic Audience #1478
- Criticker #918
- Kinopoisk #3352
- AlloCiné #1329
- Trakt #3107
Every rating
59–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 88, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Serbian fashion artist believes in an ancient curse that condemns her to turn into a deadly panther if she is ever emotionally aroused or kissed by the man she loves. She marries but refuses to consummate the marriage to protect her husband. Her fears and suspicions grow, threatening to destroy her relationship and unleash the primal beast within her.
Details
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Writer
- DeWitt Bodeen
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Released
- 5 December 1942
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $134.0K
- Box office
- $4.0M
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