Woman Obsessed

1h 42m
DramaRomance
6.5

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

Susan Hayward
Mary Sharron
Stephen Boyd
Fred Carter
Barbara Nichols
Mayme Radzevitch
Dennis Holmes
Robbie Sharron
Theodore Bikel
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Ken Scott
Sergeant Le Moyne
James Philbrook
Henri
Florence MacMichael
Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs

Crew

Henry Hathaway
Director
Sydney Boehm
Writer
John Mantley
Novel
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer

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