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A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE! - The Cat and the Canary
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Title: The Cat and the Canary

Release Date: 27 Oct 1939

Runtime: 1h 13m

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.939 (74 votes)

Cast

  • Wally Campbell: Bob Hope
  • Joyce Norman: Paulette Goddard
  • Fred Blythe: John Beal
  • Charles Wilder: Douglass Montgomery
  • Miss Lu: Gale Sondergaard
  • Aunt Susan: Elizabeth Patterson
  • Cicily: Nydia Westman
  • Lawyer Crosby: George Zucco
  • Hendricks: John Wray
  • Indian Guide: George Regas
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