The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Released: 1939-10-27 Duration: 1hr 13min
Rating 7.0
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!

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.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 8.782

Directed By

Elliott Nugent

Crew

Director
Elliott Nugent
Set Decoration
A. E. Freudeman
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Robert Usher
Costume Design
Edith Head
Theatre Play
John Willard
Director of Photography
Charles Lang
Music Arranger
Andrea Setaro
Screenplay
Lynn Starling
Screenplay
Walter DeLeon
Original Music Composer
Ernst Toch
Sound Recordist
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
Richard Olson

TOP CAST

Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal
John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

George Zucco
George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray
John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas
George Regas

Indian Guide

Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

Reporter

Frank Melton
Frank Melton

Reporter

Nick Thompson
Nick Thompson

Indian Guide

Chief Thundercloud
Chief Thundercloud

Indian Guide

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