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Woman Obsessed (1959)

Movie"She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised..."
Audience Score
66
Woman Obsessed
NR 1 hr 42 minMay 27th, 1959Drama, Romance
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.
StarringSusan HaywardStephen BoydBarbara Nichols
DirectorHenry Hathaway
WriterSydney Boehm

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 27th, 1959
Original Language:English
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
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