The Cat and the Canary
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
6.9(87) 1939-10-27 73 minComedyHorrorMystery
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.
ProducerArthur Hornblow Jr.
DirectorElliott Nugent
Original Music ComposerErnst Toch
ScreenplayLynn Starling
ScreenplayWalter DeLeon
Cast & characters
Bob Hope
as Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
as Joyce Norman
John Beal
as Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
as Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
as Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman
as Cicily
George Zucco
as Lawyer Crosby
John Wray
as Hendricks
George Regas
as Indian Guide
Milton Kibbee
as Reporter
Charles Lane
as Reporter
Frank Melton
as Reporter
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Nick Thompson
as Indian Guide
Chief Thundercloud
as Indian Guide
