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The Cat and the Canary
“A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!”
6.9 / 10• 1939• 1h 13m•NR• English
ComedyHorrorMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
Lead
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
John Beal
Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman
Cicily
George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elliott Nugent's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cat and the Canary is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
