The Cat and the Canary
1927 · 1h 24m · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · United States of America · Rated PG (GB)
The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
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Paul Leni6.5Smart score
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aristocratbased on play or musicalblack and whiteexpressionismhaunted houselast will and testamentold dark housesilent film
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