The Cat and the Canary 1939

A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!

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Comedy Horror Mystery

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.

Release Date 1939-10-27
Runtime 1h 12m
Directors Elliott Nugent, Charles Lang
Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Writers John Willard, Walter DeLeon, Lynn Starling