“Even Ladd is scared!”
The Black Cat
6.4
43 votes·1941
·1h 10m
·MovieComedyHorrorMystery
Overview
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Keywords
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Cast
Basil Rathbone
Montague Hartley
Hugh Herbert
Mr. Penny
Broderick Crawford
Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith
Bela Lugosi
Eduardo Vidos
Anne Gwynne
Elaine Winslow
Gladys Cooper
Myrna Hartley
Gale Sondergaard
Abigail Doone
Cecilia Loftus
Henrietta Winslow
Alan Ladd
Richard Hartley
Claire Dodd
Margaret Gordon
John Eldredge
Stanley Borden
Erville Alderson
Doctor Williams (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Coroner (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Moving Man #1 (uncredited)
Edgar Sherrod
Minister (uncredited)
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