The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary
ComedyHorrorMystery

The Cat and the Canary

1939
73 min
6.9
69.0%
User Score
(87 votes)

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

DIRECTED BY

Elliott Nugent

STARRING

Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard

Videos & Trailers

Original 1939 Trailer
480p
Trailer

Original 1939 Trailer

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

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Cicily

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

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