The Cat and the Canary (1939)
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
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 HopeWally Campbell
Paulette GoddardJoyce Norman
John BealFred Blythe
Douglass MontgomeryCharles Wilder
Gale SondergaardMiss Lu
Elizabeth PattersonAunt Susan
George ZuccoLawyer Crosby
Nydia WestmanCicily
John WrayHendricks
George RegasIndian Guide
Milton KibbeeReporterWilliam Abbey'The Cat'Keywords
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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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The Cat and the Canary has a runtime of 72 minutes.
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