The Cat and the Canary (1939)

1939 · 73 min · Comedy, Horror, Mystery

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.

Directed by Elliott Nugent. Starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery and Gale Sondergaard.

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