The Black Cat

May 2, 1941

1h 10m

★ 6.4

Even Ladd is scared!

Overview

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

Genres

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Montague Hartley

Basil Rathbone

Mr. Penny

Hugh Herbert

Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith

Broderick Crawford

Eduardo Vidos

Bela Lugosi

Elaine Winslow

Anne Gwynne

Myrna Hartley

Gladys Cooper

Abigail Doone

Gale Sondergaard

Henrietta Winslow

Cecilia Loftus

Richard Hartley

Alan Ladd

Margaret Gordon

Claire Dodd

Stanley Borden

John Eldredge

Doctor Williams (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

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