The Leopard Man. Jacques Tourneur, 1943.
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Edition screened: Included on Warner “Val Lewton Horror Double Feature” The Leopard Man/The Ghost Ship DVD, released 2005, also packaged in “The Val Lewton Horror Collection” 6-DVD box set, released 2008. English language. Runtime approximately 66 minutes.
Summary: Five minutes into the film, a showgirl terrifies a young leopard by banging her castanets at the cat, causing him to break away and triggering a series of assumptions that lead to the animal’s murder. We do not see the dead leopard or the murder.