The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Directed by

Elliott Nugent

Genre

comedy horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 87 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of relatives gathers at a creepy old mansion in the Louisiana bayou for a will reading. They soon realize the house might be haunted and that someone or something is picking them off one by one.

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What happens

The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, and Douglass Montgomery. It the second film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 play of the same name, after Paul Leni's 1927 silent film adaptation. Set in the Louisiana bayou, the film follows a group of potential heirs who gather at deceased man's isolated mansion—purported to be haunted—for the reading of his will. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, The Cat and the Canary was released in select cities in late October 1939. The film's copyright was renewed in 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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