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The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

6.9/ 1019271h 24m

ComedyHorrorMystery

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.

Directed by Paul Leni

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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