
The Cat and the Canary
Comedy · Horror · Mystery
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.
Top Cast


Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
Annabelle West
Laura La Plante
Annabelle West


Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale
Paul Jones
Creighton Hale
Paul Jones


Forrest Stanley
Forrest Stanley
Charles Wilder
Forrest Stanley
Charles Wilder


Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall
Roger Crosby
Tully Marshall
Roger Crosby


Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor
Cecily
Gertrude Astor
Cecily


Flora Finch
Flora Finch
Susan
Flora Finch
Susan


Arthur Edmund Carewe
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Harry
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Harry


Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox
Mammy Pleasant
Martha Mattox
Mammy Pleasant


George Siegmann
George Siegmann
The Guard
George Siegmann
The Guard


Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
Ira Lazar
Lucien Littlefield
Ira Lazar
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