The Cat and the Canary

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

6.9/ 10 87 votes 1939-10-27 1h 13m 2 popularity

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

Director: Elliott Nugent

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Cast

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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

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