The Cat and the Canary

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

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1939 · 73 min · Comedy · Horror · Mystery · TMDB 6.9/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Elliott Nugent

Cast

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