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The Cat and the Canary

Name: The Cat and the Canary
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1939-10-27
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard

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

6.9/ 10

1939

1h 13m

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.

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Director

Elliott Nugent

Writer

John Willard, Walter DeLeon, Lynn Starling

Studios

Paramount Pictures

Cast

15 credited

Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
John Beal
Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard

The Cat and the Canary

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