Cat People
She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel!
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
17 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Cat People actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Cat People returned 29.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $134,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Dec 5, 1942
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Serbian
- Country
- United States of America
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