Movie
The Cat and the Canary
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1939-10-27
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
- Nydia Westman as Cicily
- George Zucco as Lawyer Crosby
- John Wray as Hendricks
- George Regas as Indian Guide
- Milton Kibbee as Reporter
- Charles Lane as Reporter
Crew
- Elliott Nugent - Director
- Lynn Starling - Screenplay
- Walter DeLeon - Screenplay
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