The Cat and the Canary (1939) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Elliott Nugent.

Cast

• Bob Hope as Wally Campbell
• Paulette Goddard as Joyce Norman
• John Beal as Fred Blythe
• Douglass Montgomery as Charles Wilder
• Gale Sondergaard as Miss Lu
• Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Susan
• Nydia Westman as Cicily
• George Zucco as Lawyer Crosby
• John Wray as Hendricks
• George Regas as Indian Guide
• Milton Kibbee as Reporter
• Charles Lane as Reporter
• Frank Melton as Reporter
• Nick Thompson as Indian Guide
• Chief Thundercloud as Indian Guide

Crew

• Elliott Nugent — Director
• Arthur Hornblow Jr. — Producer
• Charles Lang — Director of Photography
• Walter DeLeon — Screenplay
• Lynn Starling — Screenplay
• Ernst Toch — Original Music Composer

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