the leopard man be a master class in efficient scripting and film on a budget . despite be 70 minute long and it have a large ensemble of character from different area of a small new mexico town english and spanish and rich and poor and entertainer and police and scientist all involve in some way in a story about an escaped leopard who may be hunt human . a mood of fear and foreboding be economically create with play of light and sudden noise and eerie music and and unseen object move in the shadow . the animal attack occur in darkness and behind door and but be film in such a way a to be suggestive of great violence than if they have be show explicitly and and this be very effectively scary . a remarkable film .