The Cat and the Canary (1927) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1927 · 87 mins

#25,310

Directed by

Paul Leni

Starring

Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Joe Murphy, Laura La Plante, Flora Finch, George Siegmann

A stage‑to‑film mystery thriller. Wealthy Cyrus West’s relatives await his death, but his will is read years later. When the heirs gather at his gloomy mansion, the lawyer says Annabelle West inherits—only if she’s deemed sane; otherwise a sealed envelope names another beneficiary. As the lawyer vanishes, odd events hint Annabelle may be unstable.