The Cat and the Canary (1939)

  • NR
  • 11/10/1939 (US)
  • Comedy, Horror, Mystery
  • 1h 13m

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.

Elliott Nugent

Director

Walter DeLeon

Screenplay

Lynn Starling

Screenplay

Cast

Bob Hope's headshot

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard's headshot

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman
John Beal's headshot

John Beal

Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery's headshot

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard's headshot

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson's headshot

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman's headshot

Nydia Westman

Cicily
George Zucco's headshot

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

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