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The Cat and the Canary (1939)

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

Genre : Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime : 1H 12M

Director : Elliott Nugent
Writer : Walter DeLeon, Lynn Starling

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.

Actors

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

Crews

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

Trailers and other movies

The Cat And The Canary (1939) - Trailer

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