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Laugh with Hope: The Cat and the Canary

BBC One
on BBC One London

A season of feature films starring Bob Hope
Tonight: The Cat and the Canary
A comedy-thriller with Paulette Goddard

A young lady inherits a house and fortune in the wild Bayuns country of Louisiana. Her only problem is staying alive long enough to collect them.
John Willard's famous comedy thriller has served as the basis of numerous silent and sound films, but this version is certainly the funniest if not the scariest.

Contributors

Producer:
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Director:
Elliott Nugent
From a play by:
John Willard
Wally Hampton:
Bob Hope
Annabelle:
Paulette Goddard
Blythe:
John Beale
Jack Wilder:
Douglass Montgomery
Miss Lu:
Gale Sondergaard
Lawyer Crosby:
George Zucco
Aunt Susan:
Elizabeth Patterson
Cecily:
Mydia Westman
Source: Radio Times

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