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The Cat and the Canary (1939)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Elliott Nugent
  • Profile picture of Bob Hope
    Wally Campbell Bob Hope
  • Profile picture of Paulette Goddard
    Joyce Norman Paulette Goddard
  • Profile picture of John Beal
    Fred Blythe John Beal
  • Profile picture of Douglass Montgomery
    Charles Wilder Douglass Montgomery
  • Profile picture of Gale Sondergaard
    Miss Lu Gale Sondergaard
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth Patterson
    Aunt Susan Elizabeth Patterson
  • Profile picture of Nydia Westman
    Cicily Nydia Westman
  • Profile picture of George Zucco
    Lawyer Crosby George Zucco

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  • housekeeper
  • black cat
  • bookcase
  • murder mystery