The Cat and the Canary
“The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!”
Synopsis
Cyrus West’s relatives await his death so they can inherit, but he stipulates that his will be read twenty years after his passing. On the designated day, the expectant heirs gather at his mansion, where the will is opened and reveals that Annabelle West, the sole heir sharing his name, will inherit provided she is deemed sane; if she is not, the money and several diamonds will go to another person whose identity is contained in a sealed envelope. Before the lawyer Mr. Crosby can disclose the successor’s name to Annabelle, he disappears, initiating a series of mysterious events that suggest Annabelle may indeed be unstable.
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Edited by Martin G CohnShot by Gilbert Warrenton
Box Office
1927 · Box office
Grossed $326K worldwide
Worldwide gross
$326K
Also known as
- Spuk im Schlossde
- El legado tenebrosoes
- La Volonté du mortfr
- Il castello degli spettriit
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed 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 Young
Flora Finch
as Susan Sillsby
Arthur Edmund Carewe
as Harry Blythe
Martha Mattox
as Mammy Pleasant
George Siegmann
as The Guard
Lucien Littlefield
as Doctor Ira Lazar
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1Writers
4Other crew
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