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Woman Obsessed (1959)

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

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

Director
Henry Hathaway
  • Profile picture of Susan Hayward
    Mary Sharron Susan Hayward
  • Profile picture of Stephen Boyd
    Fred Carter Stephen Boyd
  • Profile picture of Barbara Nichols
    Mayme Radzevitch Barbara Nichols
  • Profile picture of Theodore Bikel
    Dr. R. W. Gibbs Theodore Bikel
  • Profile picture of Ken Scott
    Sergeant Le Moyne Ken Scott
  • Profile picture of James Philbrook
    Henri James Philbrook
  • Profile picture of Florence MacMichael
    Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs Florence MacMichael

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Keywords

  • widow
  • quicksand
  • flooded river