The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

1927
1h 27m
6.9

6.9/10

83 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Horror Mystery

"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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $325,550

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

haunted house based on play or musical last will and testament black and white old dark house silent film aristocrat expressionism

Quick Facts

Release Date August 20, 1927
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0017739

Cast

Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley
Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Flora Finch
Flora Finch

Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe
Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

George Siegmann
George Siegmann

The Guard

Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield

Ira Lazar

Hal Craig
Hal Craig

Policeman (uncredited)

Billy Engle
Billy Engle

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Key Crew

Paul Leni
Director
Paul Kohner
Producer
Walter Anthony
Writer
Robert F. Hill
Screenplay
Alfred A. Cohn
Screenplay