The Cat Creature (1973)
3.0 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 12min
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- Synopsis:
Late one evening, Frank Lucas (Kent Smith), a licensed appraiser, goes to the home of a deceased client to finish taking inventory of the estate, including ancient artifacts. He discovers a sarcophagus in the basement that holds a mummy wearing a solid gold amulet displaying a cat's head with emerald eyes. Once Lucas removes the amulet from the mummy's corpse, he unleashes a curse imposed thousands of years ago by a cat goddess. He is promptly attacked and clawed to death by a mysterious black feline that howls like a jackal. Later, Joe Sung (Keye Luke), an Oriental thief, breaks into the deceased's mansion, stealing the amulet. Later, he tries to pawn it at The Sorcerer's Shop, an establishment that specializes in occult items. But the proprietress, Hester Black (Gale Sondergaard), throws him out. Meanwhile, Lt. Marco (Stuart Whitman) of the local police department is investigating the murder of Mr. Lucas with the expert advice of Roger Edmonds (David Hedison), a professor who specializes in archeology. The theft of the amulet sets off a murderous chain of events involving Black, Lt. Marco, Edmonds, Sung, a salesgirl named Rena Carter (Meredith Baxter), and a homicidal black cat with glowing green eyes. - Actors:
- Meredith Baxter, David Hedison, Gale Sondergaard, John Carradine, Renne Jarrett, Keye Luke, Kent Smith, Stuart Whitman, Milton Parsons, Peter Lorre Jr., John Abbott, Virgil Frye, William Sims
- Directors:
- Curtis Harrington
- Producers:
- Douglas S. Cramer
- Writers:
- Robert Bloch, Douglas S. Cramer, Wilford Lloyd Baumes
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
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