The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

87 mins
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.

Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

Hal Craig

Policeman (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Joe Murphy

Milkman (uncredited)

Paul Leni

Director

Hugo Riesenfeld

Original Music Composer

Gilbert Warrenton

Director of Photography

Charles D. Hall

Art Direction

Robert F. Hill

Screenplay

Alfred A. Cohn

Screenplay

Paul Kohner

Producer

John Willard

Theatre Play

Edward J. Montagne

Story Supervisor

Lloyd Nosler

Supervising Editor

Carl Laemmle

Presenter

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