The Black Cat

The Black Cat

70 mins | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | May 2, 1941

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

The Black Cat

70 mins | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | May 2, 1941

The Black Cat
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Black Cat
Directors Howard Christie, Albert S. Rogell
Writers Edgar Allan Poe, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Eric Taylor, Robert Neville, Robert Lees

Cast

Basil Rathbone

as Montague Hartley

Hugh Herbert

as Mr. Penny

Broderick Crawford

as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith

Bela Lugosi

as Eduardo Vidos

Anne Gwynne

as Elaine Winslow

Gladys Cooper

as Myrna Hartley

Gale Sondergaard

as Abigail Doone

Cecilia Loftus

as Henrietta Winslow

Alan Ladd

as Richard Hartley

Claire Dodd

as Margaret Gordon

John Eldredge

as Stanley Borden

Erville Alderson

as Doctor Williams (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Coroner (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

as Moving Man #1 (uncredited)

Edgar Sherrod

as Minister (uncredited)