
The Black Cat(1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.


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

Bob Hope
Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman

John Beal
Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman
Cicily

George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby

John Wray
Hendricks

George Regas
Indian Guide
The Cat and the Canary is a comedy, horror, mystery film released in 1939 exploring themes of cat, alligator, louisiana, based on play or musical, bayou, eccentric. Directed by Elliott Nugent, it stars Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal. 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.
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