Woman Obsessed (1959)
She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...
103 min
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.
- Release date
- May 27, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Hugo Friedhofer
Soundtrack
- Main Titleinstrumental1:22
- Robbieinstrumental1:29
- Nature Boyinstrumental2:39
- Smokeinstrumental1:10
- The Crowinstrumental1:19
- Lone Womaninstrumental2:08
- Mary Runsinstrumental1:25
- Fred and Maryinstrumental1:44
- Apologyinstrumental2:19
- Horse Trotinstrumental1:45
- The Rescueinstrumental1:48
- Another Springinstrumental1:26
Cast
- Susan Hayward as Mary Sharron
- Stephen Boyd as Fred Carter
- Barbara Nichols as Mayme Radzevitch
- Dennis Holmes as Robbie Sharron
- Theodore Bikel as Dr. R. W. Gibbs
- Ken Scott as Sergeant Le Moyne
- James Philbrook as Henri
- Florence MacMichael as Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs
- Jimmy Ames as Carnival Barker
- Alan Austin as Fire Warden
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- Sydney Boehm · Writer
- John Mantley · Writer
- Sydney Boehm · Producer
- Hugo Friedhofer · Composer
- William C. Mellor · Cinematographer
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor