The Cat and the Canary (1927)
1927 · Silent film · 87 min · dir. Paul Leni
The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
- Comedy
- Horror
- Mystery
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Paul Leni
- Writer
- Robert F. Hill
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Cinematography
- Gilbert Warrenton
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1927-08-20
- Running time
- 87 minutes
Cast & crew
Paul Leni Director
Laura La Plante
Creighton Hale
Forrest Stanley
Tully Marshall
Gertrude Astor
Flora Finch
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Martha Mattox
