The Cat and the Canary poster

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

The Cat and the Canary

6.9 / 10 6.9 1939 1h 13m

ComedyHorrorMystery

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

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary still 1

CAST

The people behind the story

Bob Hope

Bob HopeWally Campbell

Paulette Goddard

Paulette GoddardJoyce Norman

John Beal

John BealFred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass MontgomeryCharles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard

Gale SondergaardMiss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth PattersonAunt Susan

Nydia Westman

Nydia WestmanCicily

George Zucco

George ZuccoLawyer Crosby