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The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

Description: 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.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $325,550

Runtime: 87 minutes

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Laura La Plante

Played Annabelle West

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Creighton Hale

Played Paul Jones

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Forrest Stanley

Played Charles Wilder

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Tully Marshall

Played Roger Crosby

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Gertrude Astor

Played Cecily

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Flora Finch

Played Susan

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Arthur Edmund Carewe

Played Harry

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Martha Mattox

Played Mammy Pleasant

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George Siegmann

Played The Guard

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Lucien Littlefield

Played Ira Lazar

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Hal Craig

Played Policeman (uncredited)

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Billy Engle

Played Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Joe Murphy

Played Milkman (uncredited)

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