The Cat and the Canary

Name: The Cat and the Canary
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1939-10-27
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard

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

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Timing: 1:13 (73 min)

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Release date

1939-10-27

Country

United States

Production

Paramount

Genre

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Elliott Nugent

Actors

Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, Nydia Westman, George Zucco, John Wray, George Regas
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Producer

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Operator

Charles Lang

Composer

Ernst Toch

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Audition

Editing

Archie Marshek
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Short description

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.