The Cat and the Canary (1939) ★ 6.91h13

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

Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Director Elliott Nugent

Also directed My Favorite Brunette, The Great Gatsby, Nothing but the Truth, and 26 more

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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Cast

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

The Cat and the Canary (1939) ★ 6.91h13

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