Woman Obsessed(1959)
She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...
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.
Movie: Woman Obsessed
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Mary Sharron
Fred Carter
Mayme Radzevitch
Dr. R. W. Gibbs
Sergeant Le Moyne
Henri
Mrs. Bedelia Gibbs
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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.
Release Date
1959-05-27
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6.5
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She hated the child whose life stirred within her...because it was part of him whom she loathed and despised...
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