The Cat and the Canary
1939 · 73 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 3,992 VOTES · DIR. Elliott Nugent
Overview
Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,350 lines
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00:01:59 How much farther?
00:05:32 What you mean is plain cuckoo.
00:08:26 All right, skip it.
00:10:57 Would you take this for me, please? Thanks.
00:13:15 are full of people who've lost their minds through fright.
00:15:33 And I sincerely trust that this second envelope shall never be opened.
00:17:39 You mean we've got to stay here whether we like it or not?
00:20:17 some of the same blood that flows through my veins flows through yours.
00:22:36 And when he's violent, he crawls around on all fours like a...
00:24:53 Oh! Why...
00:27:15 Oh, you're not hurt. Come on. We've got work to do.
00:31:12 I only heard you, talking to yourself.
00:35:46 Ten years ago tonight, just before he died on that bed.
00:38:12 so scared or not, you're gonna get protected.
00:40:39 Have you read the letter?
00:43:04 Let's go. Let me get my jacket.
00:46:09 Empty?
00:48:57 Do you want me to lock the shutters?
00:54:03 Then he said good night to me and I got ready for bed.
00:57:08 But he wasn't with her when it was taken.
00:59:30 A killer who thinks he's a cat.
01:02:12 Wally, what is it? Wally!
01:04:04 Thank you, Charlie.
01:12:23 Wally, Mr. Campbell here, is the real hero.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,350
Dialogue density18.5 lines / min
First line00:01:59
Final line01:12:23
Production Record
DirectorElliott Nugent
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,992