
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
7.0|27 Oct, 1939|73 min
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
7.0|27 Oct, 1939|73 min
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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.
Keywords
cat
alligator
louisiana
based on play or musical
bayou
eccentric
inheritance
last will and testament
mansion
housekeeper
black cat
bookcase
murder mystery
Casts

Bob Hope
Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman

John Beal
Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman
Cicily

George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby

John Wray
Hendricks

George Regas
Indian Guide

Milton Kibbee
Reporter

Charles Lane
Reporter

Frank Melton
Reporter
Nick Thompson
Indian Guide

Chief Thundercloud
Indian Guide
Crews

Elliott Nugent
Director
A. E. Freudeman
Set Decoration
Archie Marshek
Editor
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Robert Usher
Art Direction

Edith Head
Costume Design
John Willard
Theatre Play
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Andrea Setaro
Music Arranger
Lynn Starling
Screenplay
Walter DeLeon
Screenplay
Ernst Toch
Original Music Composer
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
Richard Olson
Sound Recordist
Backdrops & Posters

