The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1939-10-27
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 71 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Elliott Nugent
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From 71 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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
  • Frank Melton

    as Reporter
  • Nick Thompson

    as Indian Guide
  • Chief Thundercloud

    as Indian Guide
Directing Elliott Nugent Director
Art A. E. Freudeman Set Decoration
Editing Archie Marshek Editor
Production Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art Robert Usher Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Writing John Willard Theatre Play
Camera Charles Lang Director of Photography
Sound Andrea Setaro Music Arranger
Writing Lynn Starling Screenplay
Writing Walter DeLeon Screenplay
Sound Ernst Toch Original Music Composer
Sound Philip Wisdom Sound Recordist
Sound Richard Olson Sound Recordist

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