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The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!

Genres

ComedyHorrorMystery

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

27 October 1939

Country

United States of America

Cast

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal

John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Cicily

George Zucco

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray

John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas

George Regas

Indian Guide

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Reporter

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

Reporter

Nick Thompson

Nick Thompson

Indian Guide

Chief Thundercloud

Chief Thundercloud

Indian Guide

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