The Cat and the Canary

“The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!”

6.9/ 10 89 votes 1927-08-20 1h 24m 2 popularity

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.

Director: Paul Leni

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Revenue

$325,550

Cast

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Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Flora Finch

Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

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