Woman Obsessed (1959)

  • NR
  • 05/27/1959 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 42m

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.

Henry Hathaway

Director

John Mantley

Novel

Sydney Boehm

Writer

Cast

Susan Hayward's headshot

Susan Hayward

Mary Sharron
Stephen Boyd's headshot

Stephen Boyd

Fred Carter
Barbara Nichols's headshot

Barbara Nichols

Mayme Radzevitch
Dennis Holmes's headshot

Dennis Holmes

Robbie Sharron
Theodore Bikel's headshot

Theodore Bikel

Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken Scott's headshot

Ken Scott

Sergeant Le Moyne
James Philbrook's headshot

James Philbrook

Henri
Florence MacMichael's headshot

Florence MacMichael

Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs

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