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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Comedy Horror Mystery

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

Release Date: 1927, August 20
Directors: Paul Leni
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures
Cast: Gertrude Astor, Creighton Hale, Lucien Littlefield, Billy Engle, Tully Marshall, Martha Mattox, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Laura La Plante, Joe Murphy, George Siegmann, Forrest Stanley, Hal Craig

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on play or musical haunted house aristocrat black and white silent film old dark house last will and testament expressionism