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The Cat and the Canary
Horror, Mystery, Silent
The plot revolves around the death of Cyrus West, who is Annabelle, Charlie, and Paul's uncle, and the reading of his will 20 years later. Annabelle inherits her uncle's fortune, but when she and her family spend the night in his haunted mansion they are stalked by a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, a lunatic known as "the Cat" escapes from an asylum and hides in the mansion.
Movie Info
Directed by: Paul Leni
Starring: Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, Creighton Hale, Flora Finch
Screenplay by: Alfred A. Cohn, Robert F. Hill, based on The Cat and the Canary by John Willard
Music by: Hugo Riesenfeld
Release: 1927
Running time: 82 minutes
Language: Silent film / English intertitles
Country: United States
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