Leonora Johnson is invited home by her mad Uncle Edmund to pass on both his fortune and a dark family secret , a controllable leopard that acts on its owner's blood lust which he then uses to off himself. When Leonora's cheating husband Richard ( deep-voiced Archers stalwart Jack May ) is the next victim , psychiatrist Dr Marlowe ( Robert Ayres ) , an old flame, gets involved with her case.
Barbara Shelley ( as Leonora )
Sex: There's a sexual undertone to the whole story and Barbara shows a fair bit of flesh for the time
Death : Run over by Marlowe
Barbara was originally Barbara Kowin, born in London in 1932. She was a model in the early fifties before making a few films in Italy. She returned to England to make this which kickstarted a distinctive career in British horror as we shall see. Barbara retired in the early nineties and is now 85.
Kay Callard ( as Dorothy Marlowe )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Kay was a Canadian actress who worked mainly in England. Her career was pretty much finished by the sixties but she made sporadic appearances after that. She died in England in 2008 aged 74.
Patricia Webster ( as Cathy )
Sex : Cathy is Richard's mistress
Death : Survives
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