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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

ALL 08/20/1927 (en) Comedy, Horror, Mystery 87 Min
  • Release
    08/20/1927
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    The Cat and the Canary
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 325,550.00
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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.

  1. Paul Leni

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Paul Kohner

    Producer



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  1. Laura La Plante

    Annabelle West

  2. Creighton Hale

    Paul Jones

  3. Forrest Stanley

    Charles Wilder

  4. Tully Marshall

    Roger Crosby

  5. Gertrude Astor

    Cecily

  6. Flora Finch

    Susan

  7. Arthur Edmund Carewe

    Harry

  8. Martha Mattox

    Mammy Pleasant

  9. George Siegmann

    The Guard

  10. Lucien Littlefield

    Ira Lazar

  11. Hal Craig

    Policeman (uncredited)

  12. Billy Engle

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  13. Joe Murphy

    Milkman (uncredited)

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Casts : 13 , Crews : 13

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The Cat and the Canary (1927) 87 Min

ALL 08/20/1927 (en)
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
  • Release 08/20/1927
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Original title The Cat and the Canary
  • en
  • Revenue325,550.00

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.

  1. Paul Leni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Martin G. Cohn

    Editor

  4. Paul Kohner

    Producer



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