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The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary
★ 6.9/10•1939•1h 13m•12•Comedy•Horror•Mystery

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

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.

Elliott Nugent · Director

Lynn Starling · Screenplay

Walter DeLeon · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 13m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 27, 1939

Actors

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal

John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Cicily

George Zucco

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray

John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas

George Regas

Indian Guide

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Reporter

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

Reporter

Nick Thompson

Indian Guide

Chief Thundercloud

Chief Thundercloud

Indian Guide

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