The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Comedy, Horror, Mystery1 hour and 13 minutes
69%
User score

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

Description

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
John Willard
Theatre Play
Lynn Starling
Screenplay
Walter DeLeon
Screenplay

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
Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee
Reporter
Charles Lane
Charles Lane
Reporter
Frank Melton
Frank Melton
Reporter
Nick Thompson
Nick Thompson
Indian Guide
Chief Thundercloud
Chief Thundercloud
Indian Guide
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

—

Keywords
catalligatorlouisianabased on play or musicalbayoueccentricinheritancelast will and testamentmansionhousekeeperblack catbookcasemurder mystery