Cat People

Summary

Cat People is a film^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cat People's image is recorded as Cat People (1942 poster).jpg^[3].
• Cat People's instance of is recorded as film^[4].
• Cat People's director is recorded as Jacques Tourneur^[5].
• Cat People's screenwriter is recorded as DeWitt Bodeen^[6].
• Cat People's composer is recorded as Roy Webb^[7].
• Cat People's genre is recorded as horror film^[8].
• Cat People's genre is recorded as fantasy film^[9].
• Cat People's genre is recorded as film noir^[10].
• Cat People's followed by is recorded as The Curse of the Cat People^[11].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Simone Simon^[12].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Kent Smith^[13].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Tom Conway^[14].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Jane Randolph^[15].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Jack Holt^[16].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Alec Craig^[17].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Dynamite^[18].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Dot Farley^[19].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Alan Napier^[20].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Eugène Jules Charles Jordan^[21].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Elizabeth Russell^[22].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Murdock MacQuarrie^[23].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Theresa Harris^[24].
• Cat People's cast member is recorded as Eddie Dew^[25].
• Cat People's producer is recorded as Val Lewton^[26].
• Cat People's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316751745^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Cat People's producer is recorded as Val Lewton^[26]. Its director is recorded as Jacques Tourneur^[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as DeWitt Bodeen^[6]. Cast members include Simone Simon^[12], Kent Smith^[13], Tom Conway^[14], Jane Randolph^[15], Jack Holt^[16], and Alec Craig^[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z^[28], +1942-12-05T00:00:00Z^[29], and +1942-12-25T00:00:00Z^[30]. Cat People's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English^[31]. Genres include horror film^[8], fantasy film^[9], and film noir^[10]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry^[32].

Reception

Reviews include 91%^[33], 8.2/10^[34], and 85/100^[35].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Cat People's followed by is recorded as The Curse of the it^[11].

Why It Matters

Cat People ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,193 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]