The Black Cat

The Black Cat (1941)

02/05/1941
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
1h 10m

Even Ladd is scared!

Overview

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

  • Albert S. RogellDirector
  • Robert LeesScreenplay
  • Robert NevilleScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $178,000

Keywords

  • lightning
  • wheelchair
  • crematorium
  • murder
  • spoof
  • inheritance
  • last will and testament
  • horror spoof
  • black and white
  • old dark house
  • housekeeper
  • hanging
  • gardener
  • black cat
  • dead cat
  • heir
  • thunder
  • secret passageway
  • old woman murdered
  • murder by gunshot
  • cat lover
  • foggy night
  • poisoning
  • cats
  • scary house
  • greedy heirs

Top Billed Cast

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Montague Hartley

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Mr. Penny

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Eduardo Vidos

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Elaine Winslow

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

Myrna Hartley

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Abigail Doone

Cecilia Loftus

Cecilia Loftus

Henrietta Winslow

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Richard Hartley

Claire Dodd

Claire Dodd

Margaret Gordon

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