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The Cat and the Canary
1927 6.8 (77 votes) 1h 27m
Genres
Comedy Horror Mystery
Production Companies
Universal Pictures

The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

Overview

Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.

Key Crew

Director: Paul Leni

Director of Photography: Gilbert Warrenton

Screenplay: Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn

Producer: Paul Kohner

Writer: Walter Anthony

Top Cast

Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley
Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Flora Finch
Flora Finch

Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe
Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

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