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Fantastic Double Bill The Cat and the Canary

on BBC Two England

starring
Bob Hope , Paulette Goddard
When Joyce Norman inherits a house and fortune in the wild Bayou country of Louisiana, her only problem is staying alive long enough to collect them.
Bob Hope should act the big strong man and go to the lady's aid, but inevitably his knees go weak.
Director ELLIOT NUGENT
12.5
The Comedy of Terrors starring Vincent Price
Peter Lorre , Boris Karloff Basil Rathbone
The New England funeral parlour
, of Hinchley and Trumbull is in a bad way, so Waldo decides to put new life into the business by drumming up a little trade.
Director JACQUES TOURNEUR Films: page 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Hope
Unknown:
Paulette Goddard
Unknown:
Joyce Norman
Unknown:
Bob Hope
Director:
Elliot Nugent
Unknown:
Peter Lorre
Unknown:
Boris Karloff
Unknown:
Basil Rathbone
Director:
Jacques Tourneur
Wally' Campbell:
Bob Hope
Joyce Norman:
Paulette Goddard
Blythe:
John Beal
Charlie Wilder:
Douglass Montgomery
Miss Lu:
Gale Sondergaard
Lawyer Crosby:
George Zucco
Aunt Susan:
Elizabeth Patterson
Cecily:
Nydia Westman
Waldo Trumbull:
Vincent Price
Felix Gillie:
Peter Lorre
Amos Hinchley:
Boris Karloff
John F Black:
Basil Rathbone
Cemetery keeper:
Joe E Brown
Amaryllis:
Joyce Jameson
PhippS:
Buddy Mason
Mrs Phipps:
Beverley Hills
Maid:
Linda Rogers
RiggS:
Paul Barsolow
Manservant:
Luree Nicholson
Cleopatra the cat:
Rhubarb

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