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The Cat and the Canary

Dir. Elliott Nugent·1939·1h 13m

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.

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Elliott Nugent

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1h 13m
Cross-source blend ~69/100

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6.9/10

87 votes

Rating consensus

69/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Bob Hope

Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Joyce Norman

John Beal

Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard

Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman

Cicily

George Zucco

Lawyer Crosby

John Wray

Hendricks

George Regas

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Milton Kibbee

Reporter

Charles Lane

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