The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

Release Date: 1939-10-27

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.

Rating: 6.9 / 10

Cast

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

as Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

as Joyce Norman

John Beal

John Beal

as Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

as Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

as Miss Lu

Crew

  • Elliott Nugent - Director

  • A. E. Freudeman - Set Decoration

  • Archie Marshek - Editor

  • Arthur Hornblow Jr. - Producer

  • Hans Dreier - Art Direction

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