CinemaOSMovie · 1939 · 1h 13m
The Cat and the Canary

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

69%(87)IMDbComedyHorrorMystery

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

Directed byElliott Nugent

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
EN
Released
October 27, 1939
Studios
Paramount Pictures

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Original 1939 Trailer

Original 1939 Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

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Creative team
Directed by
Elliott Nugent
Elliott Nugent
Written by
Lynn Starling
Walter DeLeon
Produced by
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Arthur Hornblow Jr.

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