The Cat and the Canary
The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
6.9(87) 1927-08-20 87 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.
DirectorPaul Leni
Original Music ComposerHugo Riesenfeld
ScreenplayRobert F. Hill
ScreenplayAlfred A. Cohn
WriterWalter Anthony
ProducerPaul Kohner
Cast & characters
Laura La Plante
as Annabelle West
Creighton Hale
as Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley
as Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall
as Roger Crosby
Gertrude Astor
as Cecily
Flora Finch
as Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe
as Harry
Martha Mattox
as Mammy Pleasant
George Siegmann
as The Guard
Lucien Littlefield
as Ira Lazar
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Hal Craig
as Policeman (uncredited)
Billy Engle
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Joe Murphy
as Milkman (uncredited)
