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The Leopard Man: Directed by Jacques Tourneur. With Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell. A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
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- Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller
- Jacques Tourneur
- 1943-06-25
The Leopard Man is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Jean Brooks, and Margo. Based on the book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich, it follows a series of violent murders in a town in New Mexico, which coincide with the escape of a leopard from a nightclub.
- Black Alibi, 1942 novel, by Cornell Woolrich
- Val Lewton
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Summaries. A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town. At the encouragement of her manager, Kiki Walker, a nightclub performer in New Mexico, takes a leashed leopard into the club as a publicity gimmick.
The Leopard Man (1943) stars Dennis O'Keefe (T-Men, 1947) as Jerry Manning, a theatrical agent who convinces his songstress client Kiki (Jean Brooks) to incorporate a black leopard into her nightclub act. The publicity stunt backfires when the cat breaks free and later kills a girl in a New Mexico village.
- Jacques Tourneur, William Dorfman
- Dennis O'keefe
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In The Leopard Man, set in a small New Mexico town, mayhem ensues when a black panther escapes from captivity.
- (21)
- Horror
Horror producer supreme Val Lewton teams up for the third and last time with director Jacques Tourneur to bring us The Leopard Man. Set in New Mexico, the story sees Jerry Manning (Dennis O'Keefe) hire a black leopard as a publicity stunt for his night-club performing partner, Kiki (Jean Brooks).
