Film

The Cat and the Canary

Release year

1939

Synopsis

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.

Directed by

Elliott Nugent

Cast

Bob Hope
Paulette Goddard
John Beal
Douglass Montgomery
Gale Sondergaard
Elizabeth Patterson

Poster artist

Gösta Åberg