Movie
The Cat and the Canary
Overview
Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.
Details
- Release date
- 1927-08-20
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laura La Plante as Annabelle West
- Creighton Hale as Paul Jones
- Forrest Stanley as Charles Wilder
- Tully Marshall as Roger Crosby
- Gertrude Astor as Cecily
- Flora Finch as Susan
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Harry
- Martha Mattox as Mammy Pleasant
- George Siegmann as The Guard
- Lucien Littlefield as Ira Lazar
- Hal Craig as Policeman (uncredited)
- Billy Engle as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Crew
- Paul Leni - Director
- Walter Anthony - Writer
- Robert F. Hill - Screenplay
- Alfred A. Cohn - Screenplay
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