Directed by:
Elliott NugentCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Ernst TochCast:
Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, George Zucco, John Wray, George Regas, Milton Kibbee (more)Plots(1)
A decade after the death of an eccentric millionaire, his remaining relatives gather for the reading of the will. Tension builds after his niece Joyce is named the sole inheritor and it is revealed that one of the other relatives will get everything if the heiress goes insane within the next 30 days. The timid Wally vows to protect Joyce who must spend the night in the haunted mansion along with her jealous relatives. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Bob Hope
UK
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Paulette Goddard
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Chaplin (1992) - a.f.
John Beal
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Douglass Montgomery
USA
Best movies:
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Little Women (1933)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Gale Sondergaard
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Juarez (1939)
Elizabeth Patterson
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1949)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
George Zucco
UK
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
John Wray
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
George Regas
Greece
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Milton Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Chief Thundercloud
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Plainsman (1936)
Frank Melton
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Nydia Westman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Chase (1966)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)