The Cat and the Canary(Movie, 1939)

Name: The Cat and the Canary
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1939
Duration: T01:12:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 12min | Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 26 votes)

The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American southern gothic horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Cat and the Canary, which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by John Willard. The film's copyright was renewed in 1966. ()

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About The Cat and the Canary

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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Trailer for The Cat and the Canary + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Original 1939 Trailer(Trailer, 3:41)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Louisiana

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 10/27/1939

Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Lane, Georgios Regas, George Zucco, John Wray, Nydia Westman

Director: Elliott Nugent

Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

Screenwriter: Walter DeLeon

Film Editor: Archie Marshek

Director of Photography: Charles Lang

Composer: Ernst Toch

Keywords: housekeeper, bookcase, cat, murder mystery, louisiana, eccentric, inheritance, black cat, mansion, bayou, last will and testament, based on play or musical, alligator

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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