The Cat and the Canary

Name: The Cat and the Canary
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1939
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 6.9

1939 · 73 min

Comedy · Horror · Mystery

★ 6.9

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Trailer

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

Crew

Director Elliott Nugent
Screenplay Walter DeLeon
Screenplay Lynn Starling
Director of Photography Charles Lang

Cast

Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
John Beal
Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman
Cicily
George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby
John Wray
Hendricks
George Regas
Indian Guide
Milton Kibbee
Reporter
Charles Lane
Reporter

Crew

Director — Elliott Nugent
Screenplay — Walter DeLeon
Screenplay — Lynn Starling
Director of Photography — Charles Lang

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