Main Cast: John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ruth Ford, Harry Tyler
Release Year: 1945
Country: US
Run Time: 69 minutes
Plot
For at least 63 of its 68 minutes, Republic's The Woman Who Came Back is an exciting and compelling journey into the realm of the supernatural. Returning to her ancestral New England village, Lorna Webster (Nancy Kelly) slowly but surely becomes convinced that she's the reincarnation of a centuries-old witch. A chance encounter on a bus with a weird old woman, combined with a series of bizarre "coincidences", further confirms Lorna's suspicions. Set upon and stoned by the terrified villagers, Lorna is rescued by her physician fiance Matt Adams (John Loder) and local minister Stevens (Otto Kruger), who attempt to separate fact from fancy. The disappointingly "logical" explanation to the events in The Woman Who Came Back doesn't quite gloss over such phenomena as a bouquet of flowers wilting at Lorna's touch! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Walter Colmes - Director, John Link - Editor, Edward Plumb - Composer (Music Score), Walter Scharf - Musical Direction/Supervision, Henry Sharp - Cinematographer, Walter Colmes - Producer, Jacque Mapes - Set Designer, John H. Kafka - Screen Story, Dennis Cooper - Screenwriter
The Woman Who Came Back is a 1945 film about an offbeat woman (Nancy Kelly) who becomes convinced that she's a witch, a conclusion which eventually leads to mass hysteria in the town to which she has recently returned. The eerily atmospheric movie was directed by Walter Colmes.
