The Black Cat (1941)
1941 · Feature film · 70 min · dir. Albert S. Rogell
Even Ladd is scared!
- Comedy
- Horror
- Mystery
Synopsis
The Black Cat is a 1941 American comedy horror and mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Basil Rathbone. The film was a stylistic hybrid, inspired by comedy "Old Dark House" films of the era as well as the 1843 short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Basil Rathbone as Montague Hartley, the head of a greedy family who await the death of Henrietta Winslow so that they can inherit her fortune. When she is found murdered, an investigation begins into who might be…
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Details
- Director
- Albert S. Rogell
- Writer
- Robert Lees
- Cinematography
- Stanley Cortez
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1941-05-02
- Running time
- 70 minutes
Cast & crew
- Albert S. Rogell Director
Basil Rathbone
Hugh Herbert
Broderick Crawford
Bela Lugosi
Anne Gwynne
Gladys Cooper
Gale Sondergaard
Cecilia Loftus
