The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1927-08-20
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 74 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Paul Leni
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Summary

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.

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  • Laura La Plante

    as Annabelle West
  • Creighton Hale

    as Paul Jones
  • Forrest Stanley

    as Charles Wilder
  • Tully Marshall

    as Roger Crosby
  • Gertrude Astor

    as Cecily
  • Flora Finch

    as Susan
  • Arthur Edmund Carewe

    as Harry
  • Martha Mattox

    as Mammy Pleasant
  • George Siegmann

    as The Guard
  • Lucien Littlefield

    as Ira Lazar
  • Hal Craig

    as Policeman (uncredited)
  • Billy Engle

    as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • Joe Murphy

    as Milkman (uncredited)
Directing Paul Leni Director
Editing Martin G. Cohn Editor
Art Charles D. Hall Art Direction
Camera Gilbert Warrenton Director of Photography
Sound Hugo Riesenfeld Original Music Composer
Writing Robert F. Hill Screenplay
Production Paul Kohner Producer
Writing Alfred A. Cohn Screenplay
Writing Walter Anthony Writer
Writing John Willard Theatre Play
Writing Edward J. Montagne Story Supervisor
Editing Lloyd Nosler Supervising Editor
Crew Carl Laemmle Presenter

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