The Black Cat (1941)

05/02/1941 (US) • 1h 10m

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

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.

Top Billed Cast

Basil Rathbone

Montague Hartley

Hugh Herbert

Mr. Penny

Broderick Crawford

Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith

Bela Lugosi

Eduardo Vidos

Anne Gwynne

Elaine Winslow

Gladys Cooper

Myrna Hartley

Gale Sondergaard

Abigail Doone

Cecilia Loftus

Henrietta Winslow

Alan Ladd

Richard Hartley


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$178,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

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