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The Cat and the Canary

19785.8 / 1098 min

Horror, Comedy, Mystery

Overview

For God's Sake, Stay in Your Rooms and Lock the Doors!

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

Cast

Honor Blackman

Susan Sillsby

Edward Fox

Hendricks

Michael Callan

Paul Jones

Wendy Hiller

Alison Crosby

Olivia Hussey

Cicily Young

Carol Lynley

Annabelle West

Beatrix Lehmann

Mrs. Pleasant

Daniel Massey

Dr. Harry Blythe

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Cyrus West

Peter McEnery

Charlie Wilder

Crew

Radley Metzger

Director

Radley Metzger

Screenplay

John Willard

Writer

Jane Oscroft

Production Secretary

Jo Gregory

Production Accountant

Allen Burry

Publicist

Angela Allen

Continuity

Monica Howe

Costume Designer

Lorna Hillyard

Costume Designer

Nick Pearson

Key Grip

Martin Hume

Clapper Loader

John Golding

Focus Puller

Mike Fox

Camera Operator

Frank Connor

Still Photographer

Clive Winter

Sound Recordist

Ken Weston

Boom Operator

David Sutton

Sound Assistant

Anthony Sloman

Sound Editor

Paul Carr

Sound Mixer

Tony Neale

Construction Manager

Derek Creedon

Property Master

Paddy Carpenter

First Assistant Director

Alan Carpenter

Assistant Director

Brian Bilgorri

Second Assistant Director

Sarah Monzani

Hairdresser

Tommie Manderson

Makeup Artist

Mary Hillman

Makeup Artist

Anthony Pratt

Art Direction

John Hoesli

Art Direction

Rose Tobias Shaw

Casting

Roger Harrison

Editor

Alex Thomson

Director of Photography

Steven Cagan

Original Music Composer

Richard Gordon

Producer

Ray Corbett

Associate Producer

John Willard

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