The Cat and the Canary (1939)
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
1939 · 1h 13m · Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Elliott Nugent
Writers: Lynn Starling, Walter DeLeon
Music by: Ernst Toch
Cinematography: Charles Lang
Editor: Archie Marshek
Rated 6.9/10 by 87 viewers
Cast
Bob Hope as Wally CampbellPaulette Goddard as Joyce NormanJohn Beal as Fred BlytheDouglass Montgomery as Charles WilderGale Sondergaard as Miss LuElizabeth Patterson as Aunt SusanNydia Westman as CicilyGeorge Zucco as Lawyer CrosbyJohn Wray as HendricksGeorge Regas as Indian GuideMilton Kibbee as ReporterCharles Lane as ReporterMore like this
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