The Cat and the Canary

Oct 27, 1939

1h 13m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Cat and the Canary Trailers

Cast

Wally Campbell

Bob Hope

Joyce Norman

Paulette Goddard

Fred Blythe

John Beal

Charles Wilder

Douglass Montgomery

Miss Lu

Gale Sondergaard

Aunt Susan

Elizabeth Patterson

Cicily

Nydia Westman

Lawyer Crosby

George Zucco

Hendricks

John Wray

Indian Guide

George Regas

Reporter

Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane

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