The Cat and the Canary
1927 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.9 · 88% critics
Twenty years after a wealthy man’s death, his family gathers in his eerie mansion for the reading of a delayed will. When one heir’s fortune depends on being judged sane by morning, strange disappearances, hidden passages, and unnerving events turn the night into a tense mystery.
Based on The Cat and the Canary
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Details
- Years
- 1927
- Release date
- 1927-08-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (86 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like spooky old-house mysteries with a playful streak, especially if The Ghost Breakers or The Spiral Staircase appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or strong scares.
Pros: spooky mansion setting; amusing horror-comedy blend; influential old-house mystery | Cons: slow middle stretch; uneven laughs; thin character depth
Themes
- haunted house
- based on play or musical
- last will and testament
- black and white
- old dark house
- silent film
- aristocrat
- expressionism
Cast & crew
Laura La Plante
as Annabelle West
Creighton Hale
as Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley
as Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall
as Roger Crosby
Gertrude Astor
as Cecily
Flora Finch
as Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe
as Harry
Martha Mattox
as Mammy Pleasant
George Siegmann
as The Guard
Lucien Littlefield
as Ira Lazar
Directed by Paul Leni