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Woman Obsessed

Woman Obsessed

★ 6.6/10•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.

Henry Hathaway · Director

Sydney Boehm · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 42m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 27, 1959

Actors

Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Mary Sharron

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Fred Carter

Barbara Nichols

Barbara Nichols

Mayme Radzevitch

Dennis Holmes

Robbie Sharron

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Dr. R. W. Gibbs

Ken Scott

Ken Scott

Sergeant Le Moyne

James Philbrook

James Philbrook

Henri

Florence MacMichael

Florence MacMichael

Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs

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