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The Black Cat

"Even Ladd is scared!"

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NR 1941 · 1h 10m
Horror, Comedy, Mystery
Starring Basil Rathbone · Hugh Herbert · Broderick Crawford
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About

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

Theatrical
May 2, 1941
Budget
$178K
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Writers
Robert Lees, Robert Neville, Eric Taylor, Frederic I. Rinaldo
Producer
Burt Kelly
Studio
Universal Pictures
Keywords
lightning cat crematorium wheelchair murder inheritance last will and testament spoof 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 scary house
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Cast

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B
Basil Rathbone
Montague Hartley
H
Hugh Herbert
Mr. Penny
B
Broderick Crawford
Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith
B
Bela Lugosi
Eduardo Vidos
A
Anne Gwynne
Elaine Winslow
G
Gladys Cooper
Myrna Hartley
G
Gale Sondergaard
Abigail Doone
C
Cecilia Loftus
Henrietta Winslow
C
Claire Dodd
Margaret Gordon
J
John Eldredge
Stanley Borden
A
Alan Ladd
Richard Hartley
E
Erville Alderson
Doctor Williams (uncredited)
H
Harry C. Bradley
Coroner (uncredited)
J
Jack Cheatham
Moving Man #1 (uncredited)
E
Edgar Sherrod
Minister (uncredited)

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Fear Even Grips the Boldest Characters
Taglines Even Ladd Is Scared!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Presence of a Cat
Myrna Hartley What was that?
[responding to a noise]
Hubert Smith Only a cat. There's always a cat someplace around here.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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