The Cat and the Canary

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

Cast

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

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