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Feature film — 1939

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

6.91h 13mComedy — Horror — Mystery

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

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A high-signal pick with 88 votes.

Paramount Pictures

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Director: Elliott Nugent

On screen

Cast & crew

Bob Hope as Wally Campbell

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard as Joyce Norman

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal as Fred Blythe

John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery as Charles Wilder

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard as Miss Lu

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Susan

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman as Cicily

Nydia Westman

Cicily

George Zucco as Lawyer Crosby

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray as Hendricks

John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas as Indian Guide

George Regas

Indian Guide

Milton Kibbee as Reporter

Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane as Reporter

Charles Lane

Reporter

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