The Cat and the Canary
1939Ten 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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Bob Hope
as Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
as Joyce Norman
John Beal
as Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
as Charles Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
as Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Susan
Nydia Westman
as Cicily
George Zucco
as Lawyer Crosby
John Wray
as Hendricks
George Regas
as Indian Guide
Milton Kibbee
as Reporter
Charles Lane
as Reporter
Frank Melton
as Reporter
Nick Thompson
as Indian Guide
Chief Thundercloud
as Indian Guide