The Cat and the Canary
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.
Cast
Bob HopeWally Campbell
Paulette GoddardJoyce Norman
John BealFred Blythe
Douglass MontgomeryCharles Wilder
Gale SondergaardMiss Lu
Elizabeth PattersonAunt Susan
Nydia WestmanCicily
George ZuccoLawyer Crosby
John WrayHendricks
George RegasIndian Guide
Milton KibbeeReporter
Charles LaneReporterCrew
DirectorElliott Nugent
Trailers & Videos
Details
Release DateOctober 27, 1939
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosParamount Pictures
