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The Black Cat

Even Ladd is scared!

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  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Mystery
  • Horror

Overview

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

Keywords

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

Details

Status
Released
Release date
May 2, 1941
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Universal Pictures
Cast
Basil Rathbone,Hugh Herbert,Broderick Crawford,Bela Lugosi,Anne Gwynne,Gladys Cooper,Gale Sondergaard,Cecilia Loftus,Claire Dodd,John Eldredgeand 5 more
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Writer
Robert Lees,Robert Neville,Eric Taylor,Frederic I. Rinaldo,Edgar Allan Poe
Producer
Burt Kelly
Cinematography
Stanley Cortez
Budget
$178,000
Revenue
Not recorded
IMDb
tt0033397
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