Rent The Cat and the Canary / The Ghost Breakers (1940)
3.3 of 5 from 10 ratings
2h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Ghosts and gags galore in this charming double-bill of horror-comedies starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
A decade after the death of an eccentric millionaire, his remaining relatives gather for the reading of the will at his abandoned mansion set deep in the Louisiana bayous. His niece Joyce (Paulette Goddard) is named the sole inheritor, but under the condition that she does not go insane within the next 30 days. The timid Wally (Bob Hope) vows to protect Joyce who must spend the night in the haunted mansion along with her jealous relatives, a creepy maid and a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a nearby sanitarium.The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a "haunted" castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There's romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foes - and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves.- Actors:
- Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, George Zucco, Nydia Westman, John Wray, George Regas, William Abbey, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Frank Melton, Nick Thompson, Chief Thundercloud, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Pedro de Cordoba
- Directors:
- Elliott Nugent, George Marshall
- Producers:
- Arthur Hornblow Jr
- Writers:
- Walter DeLeon, Lynn Starling, Paul Dickey, Charles W. Goddard, John Willard
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 160 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary tracks on both films with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Kim Newman on "The Cat and the Canary" and "The Ghost Breakers"
- "The Ghost Breakers" 1949 radio adaptation
- Trailers
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