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The Cat and the Canary (1978)
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19 November 1979 (Norway)
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For God's sake, stay in your rooms and lock the doors!
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A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. full summary | add synopsis
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Intriguing if talky mystery.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Honor Blackman | ... | Susan Sillsby |
| Michael Callan | ... | Paul Jones |
| Edward Fox | ... | Hendricks |
| Wendy Hiller | ... | Allison Crosby |
 | Olivia Hussey | ... | Cicily Young |
| Beatrix Lehmann | ... | Mrs. Pleasant |
| Carol Lynley | ... | Annabelle West |
| Daniel Massey | ... | Harry Blythe |
 | Peter McEnery | ... | Charlie Wilder |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Cyrus West (as Wilfrid Hyde White) |
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98 min | Germany:89 min
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Daniel Massey was cast at short notice.
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References The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
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If drawing-room-type murder mysteries with a comic touch are your cup of tea, then you can't go wrong with this one. It's not as good as, say, "Murder by Death" or the best Agatha Christie adaptations, and there are some overly talky sequences that exist mainly to showcase the actors and lead nowhere. But it holds your interest, and has some very good acting, especially by Wilfrid Hyde-White in a most unusual cameo. (**1/2)