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The Cat and the Canary

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.

19391h 13mNRComedy, Horror, Mystery

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About The Cat and the Canary

Directors
Elliott Nugent
Cast
Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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