The Cat and the Canary

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

6.9 1939 1h 13m

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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.

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Director

Elliott Nugent

Cast

Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, Nydia Westman, George Zucco

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The Cat and the Canary

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Cast

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