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

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.

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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