The Cat and the Canary
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
1939 · 1h 13m · Approved
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Elliott Nugent
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The Cat and the Canary
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Elliott Nugent Director
- Bob Hope as Wally Campbell
- Paulette Goddard as Joyce Norman
- John Beal as Fred Blythe
- Douglass Montgomery as Charles Wilder
- Gale Sondergaard as Miss Lu
- Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Susan
- George Zucco as Mr. Crosby, lawyer
- Nydia Westman as Cicily
- John Wray Cast
- George Regas Cast
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