SHADOW OF THE CAT-1961-With the help of
two servants (Michael Crawford and Freda Jackson) Walter (Andre
Morell) kills his wife and has her buried in the forest. There are no
witnesses except for the victim's cat. All seems to go as planned
until the cat keeps popping up, driving the trio to paranoid
delusions as they try to kill it. When Walter suffers a heart attack
while trying to do in puss, his unsuspecting niece Beth (Barbara
Shelly) comes to take care of him. She doesn't understand what the
big to-do is about the cat but her boyfriend Michael (Conrad
Phillips) suspects the truth (she doesn't believe him though). Deaths
by falling, quicksand and stairs eliminate some prying greedy
relatives and after they are all gone the cat leads Beth and Michael
to the dead woman's grave.
This little black and white Hammer
melodrama was directed by John Gilling (THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS) and
plays like an extended version of THRILLER or ALFRED HITCHCOCK
PRESENTS.
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