Film Dope


Cat and the Canary

1939

Elliott Nugent
Director
Paramount
Production Company

Assorted family members gather for the reading of a will in a desolate mansion in the bayou.

Possibly Bob Hope's best film. Perfect mixture of Hope cowardice and old dark house spooks. Absolutely must have influenced Scooby-Doo.

A remake of:
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10th November 1939
Cinema



72 mins
1.37:1


20th December 2004
DVD






8th June 2010
DVD



74 mins
1.33:1


15th September 2020
Blu-Ray





Bob Hope
Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard
Joyce Norman
John Beal
Fred Blythe
Douglass Montgomery
Charlie Wilder
Gale Sondergaard
Miss Lu
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Susan
George Zucco
Lawyer Crosby
Nydia Westman
Cicily
John Wray
Hendricks
George Regas
Indian Guide
William Abbey
'The Cat'
(uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Photographer
(uncredited)
Charles Lane
Reporter
(uncredited)
Frank Melton
Reporter
(uncredited)
Chief Thundercloud
Indian Guide
(uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Indian Guide
(uncredited)

History


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