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Feature film — 1927

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

6.91h 24mComedy — 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 89 votes.

Universal Pictures

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Director: Paul Leni

On screen

Cast & crew

Laura La Plante as Annabelle West

Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale as Paul Jones

Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley as Charles Wilder

Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall as Roger Crosby

Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor as Cecily

Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Flora Finch as Susan

Flora Finch

Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe as Harry

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Martha Mattox as Mammy Pleasant

Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

George Siegmann as The Guard

George Siegmann

The Guard

Lucien Littlefield as Ira Lazar

Lucien Littlefield

Ira Lazar

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Hal Craig

Policeman (uncredited)

Billy Engle as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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