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The Cat and the Canary (1939)

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

6.91h 13mComedy • Horror • Mystery
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Synopsis

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.

Movie Information

Director
Elliott Nugent
Writers
Lynn Starling, Walter DeLeon
Release Year
1939
Runtime
73 minutes
Genre
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Status
Released
Rating
6.9 / 10 (87 votes)

Top 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

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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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