The Black Cat
Even Ladd is scared!
Rating: 6.4 out of 10TMDB(45 votes)
Overview
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
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Box office
Made on a $178K budget
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Music
Music by Hans J. Salter
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Stanley Cortez
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Robert LeesScreenplay
- Robert NevilleScreenplay
- Eric TaylorScreenplay
- Frederic I. RinaldoScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 2, 1941
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $178K
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Basil RathboneMontague Hartley
Hugh HerbertMr. Penny
Broderick CrawfordHubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith
Bela LugosiEduardo Vidos
Anne GwynneElaine Winslow
Gladys CooperMyrna Hartley
Gale SondergaardAbigail Doone
Cecilia LoftusHenrietta Winslow
Claire DoddMargaret Gordon
John EldredgeStanley Borden
Alan LaddRichard Hartley
Erville AldersonDoctor Williams (uncredited)
Harry C. BradleyCoroner (uncredited)
Jack CheathamMoving Man #1 (uncredited)- Edgar SherrodMinister (uncredited)
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