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The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 27, 1939

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

User Score

69%

Original Title

The Cat and the Canary

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Elliott Nugent

Description

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.