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The Cat and the Canary
Tóm tắt
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.
Chi tiết
- Ngày phát hành
- 1939-10-27
- Thời lượng
- 73 min
- Thể loại
- Phim Hài, Phim Kinh Dị, Phim Bí Ẩn
- Trạng thái
- Released
- Sản xuất
- Paramount Pictures
- Quốc gia
- United States of America
- Ngôn ngữ gốc
- EN
Diễn viên
- Bob Hope vai Wally Campbell
- Paulette Goddard vai Joyce Norman
- John Beal vai Fred Blythe
- Douglass Montgomery vai Charles Wilder
- Gale Sondergaard vai Miss Lu
- Elizabeth Patterson vai Aunt Susan
- Nydia Westman vai Cicily
- George Zucco vai Lawyer Crosby
- John Wray vai Hendricks
- George Regas vai Indian Guide
- Milton Kibbee vai Reporter
- Charles Lane vai Reporter
Ê-kíp
- Elliott Nugent - Director
- Walter DeLeon - Screenplay
- Lynn Starling - Screenplay
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