The Leopard Man is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Jean Brooks, and Margo.

Based on the book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich, it follows a series of violent murders in a town in New Mexico, which coincide with the escape of a leopard from a nightclub.

[2] In an unnamed New Mexico border town, nightclub promoter Jerry Manning hires a black leopard as a publicity stunt for his girlfriend, Kiki Walker, a performer there.

Kiki uses the opportunity to upstage the act of her rival, Clo-Clo, by making an entrance into the night club with the leopard on a leash.

Charlie, the Native American owner of the leopard who leased it to Jerry, begins pestering him for money to replace the cat.

Lost in thought, Consuelo fails to leave before the gatekeeper locks the gate and finds herself trapped within the cemetery's stone walls.

After learning of the second murder, Jerry inquires to the police as to why the leopard has remained within the city as he was informed it would naturally flee to the wilderness.

Charlie also questions whether the leopard killed Consuelo, but he is goaded by the local historian and museum curator Galbraith into believing he may be responsible, committing the murders during his nightly alcohol binges in which he blacks out.

Kiki and Jerry prepare to leave for Chicago, coinciding with an annual procession that occurs in the town, commemorating a massacre of Native Americans by the Conquistadors.

[6] Ed Gonzalez of Slant awarded the film four out of four stars, praising Tourneur's use of sound and shadows to create tension.