The Cat and the Canary
1939
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
Directed by Elliott Nugent
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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.
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- Director
- Elliott Nugent
- Written by
- Lynn Starling, Walter DeLeon
- Produced by
- Arthur Hornblow Jr.
- Composer
- Ernst Toch
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Editor
- Archie Marshek
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 6.9/10 (87 votes)
- IMDb
- 7.1/10 (3,911 votes)
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
Frank Melton
Reporter
Nick Thompson
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Chief Thundercloud
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Crew
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Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — HOME INVASION Pt 3: The Cat and the Canary (1939) & And Then There Were None (1945)
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