Obsession
“A bizarre story of love.”
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
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Cast
20 people
Cliff Robertson
Michael Courtland
Known for
Spider-Man
Three Days of the Condor
Geneviève Bujold
Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
Known for
Dead Ringers
Coma
John Lithgow
Robert Lasalle
Known for
Shrek
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Maid
Known for
Sounder
Wanda Blackman
Amy Courtland
No other roles listed
J. Patrick McNamara
Third Kidnapper
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Blow Out
Stanley J. Reyes
Inspector Brie
Also in
Mandingo
French Quarter
Nick Kreiger
Farber
Also in
Tightrope
The Night of Bloody Horror
Stocker Fontelieu
Dr. Ellman
Known for
Angel Heart
The Toy
Don Hood
Ferguson
Known for
Pretty Baby
Absence of Malice
Andrea Esterhazy
D'Annunzio
Known for
The Con Artists
Thomas Carr
Paperboy
Also in
Fish School: Under the Sea
Brian De Palma Director · Paul Schrader Screenplay Bernard Herrmann Composer
Worldwide gross $4.5M · Budget $1.4M · United States release August 1, 1976
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Worldwide gross
$4,468,000
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
Yellowbird Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 1, 1976
Theatrical
Brazil
September 13, 1976 · Theatrical
Finland
March 18, 1977 · Theatrical
France
May 18, 1977 · Theatrical
Germany
March 25, 1977 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 28, 1977 · Theatrical
Japan
January 28, 1978 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 25, 2013 · Physical · DVD Blu-ray
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