Comedy Horror
The Cat and the Canary
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
6.9 1939 1h 13m
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
Where to Watch
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Official Trailer
Filmmakers
Elliott Nugent
Director
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Walter DeLeon
Screenplay
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Lynn Starling
Screenplay
Cast
Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
John Beal
Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman
Cicily
George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby
John Wray
Hendricks
George Regas
Indian Guide
Milton Kibbee
Reporter
Charles Lane
Reporter
Frank Melton
Reporter
Keywords
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