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The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
Aug 20, 1927 · 1h 24m
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Comedy
Horror
Mystery

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Laura La Plante
Annabelle West
Creighton Hale
Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley
Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall
Roger Crosby
Gertrude Astor
Cecily
Flora Finch
Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Harry
Martha Mattox
Mammy Pleasant
Directed by Paul Leni

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$325,550
Production
Universal Pictures
Country
US

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