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The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

“A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!”

6.9(88)19391h 13mReleasedMovie

Comedy 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.

Top Billed Cast

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

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Chief Thundercloud

Indian Guide

Production Details

Release Date

1939-10-27

Runtime

73 min

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

—

Revenue

—

Director

Elliott Nugent

Writers

Lynn Starling, Walter DeLeon

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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