The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

1939-10-27 - 73 minutes

7.00 / 10

Overview

A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.

Screenplay

Art Direction - Hans Dreier

Genres

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

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Original 1939 Trailer

Trailer

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Cast

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal

John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

George Zucco

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray

John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas

George Regas

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Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Reporter

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

Reporter

Nick Thompson

Nick Thompson

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