The Cat and the Canary

Plot Summary

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.

Top Cast

Bob Hope Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard Joyce Norman

John Beal Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard Miss Lu