26 Jan 1946
The Spiral Staircase
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
The Cat and the Canary
The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.
Top Billed Cast
Laura La Plante Annabelle West
Creighton Hale Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall Roger Crosby
Gertrude Astor Cecily
Flora Finch Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe Harry
Martha Mattox Mammy Pleasant
George Siegmann The Guard
Lucien Littlefield Ira Lazar
Hal Craig Policeman (uncredited)
Billy Engle Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Joe Murphy Milkman (uncredited)
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