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The Cat and the Canary
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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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3.3
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Intensity

2.0
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1 rating
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A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

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Composer
Ernst Toch
Cinematographer
Charles Lang
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
English
TMDB
6.9/10 (88 votes)
IMDb
7.1/10 (3,911 votes)
Released October 27, 1939

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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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