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Woman Obsessed

Woman Obsessed

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 27, 1959

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

66%

Original Title

Woman Obsessed

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Henry Hathaway

Description

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.