The Cat and the Canary
20/08/1927
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.
Movie Information
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
Flora Finch
as Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe
as Harry
Martha Mattox
as Mammy Pleasant
George Siegmann
as The Guard
Lucien Littlefield
as Ira Lazar
Hal Craig
as Policeman (uncredited)
Billy Engle
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Joe Murphy
as Milkman (uncredited)
