Watch The Cat and the Canary

An eccentric millionaire's relatives gather at his eerie Louisiana bayou mansion for a reading of his will. They learn that one of them will inherit everything-if niece and sole heir Joyce Norman goes insane within 30 days. Timid cousin Wally Campbell vows to protect Joyce, who must spend the night in the haunted mansion with jealous relatives, a creepy maid, and a homicidal sanitarium escapee.

The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 12 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.1.