The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

80 mins | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | Sept. 9, 1927

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.

The Cat and the Canary

80 mins | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | Sept. 9, 1927

The Cat and the Canary
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Cat and the Canary
Directors Paul Leni
Writers Walter Anthony, Robert F. Hill, John Willard, Alfred A. Cohn

Cast

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

Martha Mattox

as Mammy Pleasant

George Siegmann

as The Guard

Lucien Littlefield

as Ira Lazar

Joe Murphy

as Milkman