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The Cat And The Canary [1939] [DVD]

DVD ~ Bob Hope
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  • Actors: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard
  • Directors: Elliott Nugent
  • Writers: John Willard, Lynn Starling, Walter DeLeon
  • Producers: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Orbit Media Ltd.
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 72 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000V6S5K
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,118 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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    #12 in  DVD > Classics > Horror & Suspense
    #43 in  DVD > Horror > Comedy Horror

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Bob Hope built a career out of the persona of the fussy, fast-talking lothario spooked by sex, the blowhard who crumbles at the first sign of trouble. In The Cat and the Canary Hope gave this character its first outing and never looked back. The film is to this day one of the best horror spoofs ever made.

Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his attorney gathers his six remaining relatives in his old mansion in the swamps of Louisiana to read the will. The family maid appears and announces that the spirits have told her that one of them will die that night and Hendrick, the local prison guard warns them that "The Cat", a homicidal maniac has escaped and could appear at any minute. This sets up a night filled with murders, mysteries and intrigue. Hope has one great one-liner after another in this old dark house mystery/comedy.

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  • PAL
  • Region Code: All


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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great film - poor print, 28 Jun 2004
By moley75 (London) - See all my reviews
The film is worth five stars but the terrible quality print is only worth one star. It looks like an off air recording on a VHS cassette that you have played a hundred times.

Still, Hope is very funny, Paulette Goddard is gorgeous, and Gale Sondergaard is spooky.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rib-tickling suspense at its best!!, 7 Feb 2004
If your idea of the perfect film is to be laughing out loud one minute, then jumping behind the sofa, a chill running down your spine, the next, The Cat and the Canary is the film for you. Bob Hope has never been funnier, with some classic throw-away one-liners, and Paulette Goddard stunning as the damsel in distress (though it is more often Hope that is quivering in fear). The house and bayou scenery are eerie, the music spooky, and the baddy, or baddies, genuinely scary. One scene in particular, with Goddard being stalked down secret passageways is more frightening than anything from supposed horrors in the 1970's and 80's.
If you ever wondered where the writers of Scooby Doo got most of their ideas from, then look no further than this classic!!
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars orbit media should hang their head in shame!, 13 Jul 2005
By jlh (london) - See all my reviews
One of Bob Hopes best films has been sadly disrespected by Orbit Medias dvd version of the cat and the canary.The picture quality is truly awful,and should be avoided.Hopefully another distributer will soon release this classic again and do it justice!
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