Woman Obsessed (1959)

05/27/1959 (US) • 1h 42m

Drama, Romance

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Susan Hayward

Mary Sharron

Stephen Boyd

Fred Carter

Barbara Nichols

Mayme Radzevitch

Dennis Holmes

Robbie Sharron

Theodore Bikel

Dr. R. W. Gibbs

Ken Scott

Sergeant Le Moyne

Florence MacMichael

Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

widow

quicksand

flooded river

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