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Bob Hope built a career out of the persona of the fussy, fast-talking lothario spooked by sex, the blowhard who crumbles at the first sight of trouble. In the Cat and the Canary he gave this character it's first outing and never looked back - the film to this day is still one of the best horror spoofs ever made. Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman and his attorney gathers his six remaining relatives in his old mansion in the swamps of Louisiana to read the will. The family maid appears and announces that the spirits have told her that one of them will die that night and Hendrick, the local prison guard warns that that 'The Cat' - a homicidal maniac - has escaped and could appear at any minute.This sets up a night filled with murders, mysteries and intrigue. Hope has one great one-liner after another in this old dark house mystery-comedy.