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The Black Cat

The Black Cat
★ 6.4/10•1941•1h 10m•NR•Comedy•Horror•Mystery

Even Ladd is scared!

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

Robert Neville · Screenplay

Frederic I. Rinaldo · Screenplay

Eric Taylor · Screenplay

Robert Lees · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 10m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 2, 1941
Budget$178,000

Actors

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Montague Hartley

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Mr. Penny

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Eduardo Vidos

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Elaine Winslow

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

Myrna Hartley

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Abigail Doone

Cecilia Loftus

Cecilia Loftus

Henrietta Winslow

Claire Dodd

Claire Dodd

Margaret Gordon

John Eldredge

John Eldredge

Stanley Borden

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Richard Hartley

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Doctor Williams (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Harry C. Bradley

Coroner (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Jack Cheatham

Moving Man #1 (uncredited)

Edgar Sherrod

Minister (uncredited)

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