The Cat and the Canary
Summary:
Frank Willard's 1927 stage play The Cat and the Canary was filmed several times before this 1978 version saw the light of day. In the story, Annabelle West (Carol Lynley) is one of several potential heirs to a huge fortune. Brought to his foreboding mansion to learn who will benefit from his death, the anxious heirs must sit still for the deceased's taped recitation of his beque... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Honor Blackman - (Susan Sillsby)
Michael Callan - (Paul Jones)
Edward Fox - (Hendricks)
Wendy Hiller - (Allison Crosby)
Olivia Hussey - (Cicily Young)
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Review:
It's strange that anyone would want to film The Cat and the Canary, a venerable but thoroughly dated mystery that is one of the earliest examples of the "old dark house" genre. It's equally as strange that the person who ends up doing the filming is Radley Metzger, a director whose forte was soft core erotica (and the occasional harder core v... Continue >>
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