

Information
Release DateOctober 27, 1939
Runtime1h 13m
StatusReleased
ProductionParamount Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
7.0
78 votesPopularity1
The Cat and the Canary
"A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!"
Synopsis
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 & Crew
Director

Featured Cast

Bob Hope
Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman

John Beal
Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu