◎译 名 豹人 ◎片 名 The Leopard Man ◎年 代 1943 ◎产 地 美国 ◎类 别 惊悚 / 恐怖 ◎语 言 英语 ◎上映日期 1943-05-08 ◎IMDb评分 6.9/10 from 4528 users ◎IMDb链接 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036104/ ◎豆瓣评分 6.3/10 from 75 users ◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1485367/ ◎片 长 66分钟 ◎导 演 雅克·特纳 Jacques Tourneur ◎编 剧 阿德尔·雷 Ardel Wray / 爱德华·戴恩 Edward Dein / 康奈尔·伍尔里奇 Cornell Woolrich ◎主 演 丹尼斯·欧基夫 Dennis O’Keefe 伊莎贝尔·朱尔 Isabel Jewell 吉恩·布鲁克斯 Jean Brooks 詹姆斯·贝尔 James Bell 玛格丽特·兰德里 Margaret Landry 玛尔戈 Margo Jacques Lory Mary MacLaren 理查德·马丁 Richard Martin Jose Portugal 奥托拉内史密斯 Ottola Nesmith Belle Mitchell John Piffle Tuulikki Paananen 威廉·H·奥布莱恩 William H. O’Brien George Sherwood Betty Roadman Marguerita Sylva 罗素·韦德 Russell Wade Manuel París 布兰登·赫斯特 Brandon Hurst Kate Drain Lawson Colin Kenny 本·巴德 Ben Bard 罗伯特·安德森 Robert Anderson Ed Agresti Charles Lung Jack Chefe Sidney D’Albrook 罗伯特·卡恩斯 Robert Karnes William Halligan Ariel Heath Joe Dominguez 杰奎琳·德威特 Jacqueline deWit John Eberts John Dilson 艾布纳·比勃曼 Abner Biberman
Is it man, beast or both behind a string of savage maulings and murders in The Leopard Man? An escaped leopard provides the catalyst for a foray into fear in which castanets clack wildly, a cemetery is a rendezvous for death and love, and a closed door heightens rather than hides the horror of a young girl’s fate. It’s the third and final teaming of producer Val Lewton and director Jacques (Cat People) Tourneur.
This is usually considered one of the lesser Lewton horror flicks as well as a lesser entry in Tourneur’s oeuvre. I think this is unfair, because aside from the rather pedestrian solution to the “mystery” and the lack of resources available to the filmmakers to more faithfully create the New Mexico setting and Hispanic characters, The Leopard Man is to this day a quite tense and frightening film.
This rip includes a commentary by director William Friedken (The Exorcist) and while he is obviously fond of the film and the filmmakers, he has never been the most interesting commentator. Still, it’s worth a listen for the little gems that pop up now and then.