Can't Open a Certain Catalog

I can't open a certain LR catalog. It actually opens briefly, but then LR crashes within 5 seconds. No warning or dialog box shows up, the program just disappears.
I can open other catalogs, but these are old and are of no use to me. I have also deleted my preferences, but to no avail.
Is there any way to repair a corrupted catalog if you can't even keep it open? Any other ideas?
Thanks.
--Shaun

Beat,
Thank you for your response. You seem to be an invaluable resource for the LR community.
Upon trying your suggestion, I received this message: "Can not import from this catalog at this time. The catalog is either in use by another copy of Lightroom or was closed improperly. If if was closed improperly, please consider doing an integrity check when opening."
Using the Task Manager, there doesn't seem to be any other instances of LR open. I have LR set to ask what catalog I would like to open when the program starts, and the box is checked to test the integrity of the catalog before opening. When opening my "problem" catalog, the integrity will be checked, no other dialog box will appear, the catalog will load, and then it will crash in 5 seconds.
I have also uninstalled LR and then re-installed it. No help.
I'm not sure how to import the catalog in chunks.
Also, I'm using LR 3.6 and Windows 7 64bit.
Any other ideas? Thanks so much.
--Shaun
Edit: I do have a backup, but it is a month old. I have LR set to back up everytime I close the program, but in the past month it hasnt been backing up properly. It would crash near the end of the back up. I'm now paying for not dealing with that problem sooner...

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