the escape of nightclub performer leopard be follow by a series of mutilation but be these the work of the leopard or of a serial killer stalk a small southwestern town . although not one of producer val lewton well know film and director tourner endow the story with considerable atmosphere and and the result be a moody and intriguing film that hold it own with the more celebrated cat people and i walk with a zombie . like other lewton film and the leopard man rely more upon what it suggest than upon what it actually show . this film be particularly effective in build suspense in a series of scene that show various character walk a saucy spanish dancer stroll along the street and a frightened teenager make a night time trip to the grocer and a young woman rush through a cemetery at night . the cinematography be elegant in it simplicity and and the sound design be quite remarkable . hard to find and but lewton fan will find it worth seek out . gary f. taylor and aka gft and amazon reviewer .