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66% Critic Match
Woman Obsessed
“She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...”
6.6 / 10• 1959• 1h 42m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Susan Hayward
Mary Sharron
Lead
Stephen Boyd
Fred Carter
Barbara Nichols
Mayme Radzevitch
DH
Dennis Holmes
Robbie Sharron
Theodore Bikel
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken Scott
Sergeant Le Moyne
James Philbrook
Henri
Florence MacMichael
Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Hathaway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Woman Obsessed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
