The Cat and the Canary (1939)

19391h 14mdir. Elliott NugentUnited Statescomedy horror

With Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Lane, Georgios Regas

Directed by Elliott Nugent

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.

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