

Woman Obsessed
1959-05-27 · 102 min · ★ 6.6
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.
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- Directors
- Henry Hathaway
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Susan HaywardMary Sharron
Stephen BoydFred Carter
Barbara NicholsMayme Radzevitch
Theodore BikelDr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken ScottSergeant Le Moyne
James PhilbrookHenri
Florence MacMichaelMrs. Bedelia GibbsTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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