🎬 Drama, Romance

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 Dir. Henry Hathaway

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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.

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6.6/10 12 votes

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Year
1959
Runtime
1h 42m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.6/10
Votes
12
Genre
Drama, Romance
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Romance 🎬 Henry Hathaway 👤 Susan Hayward 👤 Stephen Boyd 👤 Barbara Nichols
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Woman Obsessed has a runtime of 1h 42m (1 hour and 42 minutes).
Woman Obsessed was directed by Henry Hathaway and released in 1959.
Woman Obsessed is a Drama, Romance film (1959).
The cast of Woman Obsessed includes Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel.
Woman Obsessed has a TMDB rating of 6.6/10 based on 12 votes.

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