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Poster of The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

1939-1h 13min
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7.0 / 10 76

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.

Directed by Elliott Nugent

Writers John Willard Lynn Starling Walter DeLeon

Stars Bob Hope Paulette Goddard John Beal

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Cast

Bob Hope's picture in the cast

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard's picture in the cast

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman
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John Beal

Fred Blythe
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Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder
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Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu
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Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan
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Nydia Westman

Cicily
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George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby
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John Wray

Hendricks
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George Regas

Indian Guide
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Milton Kibbee

Reporter
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Charles Lane

Reporter

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