The Cat and the Canary (1978)

Movie Details

Original Title The Cat and the Canary

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.5

Cast

Honor Blackman

Susan Sillsby

Popularity: 1.3

Edward Fox

Hendricks

Popularity: 1.6

Michael Callan

Paul Jones

Popularity: 1.1

Wendy Hiller

Alison Crosby

Popularity: 0.9

Olivia Hussey

Cicily Young

Popularity: 1.5

Carol Lynley

Annabelle West

Popularity: 0.8

Beatrix Lehmann

Mrs. Pleasant

Popularity: 0.3

Daniel Massey

Dr. Harry Blythe

Popularity: 0.4

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Cyrus West

Popularity: 5.3

Peter McEnery

Charlie Wilder

Popularity: 0.5

Key Crew

Director Radley Metzger

Screenplay Radley Metzger

Writer John Willard

Editor Roger Harrison

Producer Richard Gordon

Production

Grenadier Films

Videos & Trailers

The Cat and the Canary (1978) Video Classics Australia Trailer

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Keywords

based on play or musical remake black cat

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10

Jun 4, 2023

Radley Metzger manages to gather quite a decent cast in this 1978 iteration of John Willard's play. Wilfred Hyde-White plays a recently deceased millionaire who has gathered his potential heirs to hear his will - delivered by him via film. What follows is a Cluedo-esque sequence of events as each su ... Read more

Wuchak 4/10

Nov 26, 2023

**_Squabbling money-hungry family members at a vacant mansion in England_** On a stormy night in 1934, several potential heirs meet at a manor in the sticks outside London for the reading of the will, which was put on film by the old man (Wilfrid Hyde-White). "The Cat and the Canary" (1978) wa ... Read more