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The Cat and the Canary

(1939)

October 27, 1939 1h 13m
69%
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Overview

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.

Elliott Nugent

Director

Top Billed Cast

BH

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

PG

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

JB

John Beal

Fred Blythe

DM

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

GS

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

EP

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

NW

Nydia Westman

Cicily

GZ

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

JW

John Wray

Hendricks

GR

George Regas

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