The Cat and the Canary
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“A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!”
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
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Cast
15 people
Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
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The Ghost Breakers
The Paleface
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
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Modern Times
The Great Dictator
John Beal
Fred Blythe
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Amityville 3-D
Les Misérables
Douglass Montgomery
Charles Wilder
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Little Women
Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu
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The Life of Emile Zola
The Mark of Zorro
Elizabeth Patterson
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I Married a Witch
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Nydia Westman
Cicily
Known for
Little Women
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
John Wray
Hendricks
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
George Regas
Indian Guide
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Milton Kibbee
Reporter
Known for
Somewhere in the Night
Charles Lane
Reporter
Known for
The Aristocats
Sybil
Elliott Nugent Director · Walter DeLeon Screenplay Lynn Starling Screenplay
United States release November 10, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · October 27, 1939
Limited theatrical · Amsterdam
United States · November 10, 1939
Theatrical
Germany
September 26, 2025 · Physical
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