The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)

Starring: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: October 2004
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: First Run Features
• Director: Radley Metzger
• Starring: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Beatrix Lehmann, Carol Lynley, Daniel Massey, Peter McEnery, Wilfrid Hyde-White
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Anamorphic; Closed-captioned; Color; Director's Cut; Dolby; NTSC; Surround Sound; THX; Widescreen; HiFi Sound
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 0.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

“Except the moth”.

This movie follows the story from previous versions and play presentations. Looks like a lot of out-of-work actors, including but not limited to Honor Blackman, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, and Carol Lynley. The story starts with an unnecessary introduction of what is to come, with a hanging cat. Just as in a play, only one person talks at a time. Each character is introduced, and their peccadillos are explained. The dialogue shows to be an attempt at humor. It also clings closely to one-liners, as the Bob Hope version (1939) set in the 1920s. One added plus is that the credits showed the faces of the actors with the names; it is rare, but it keeps you from having to second-guess who plays whom. 1934, 20 years after old Cyrus West (Wilfrid Hyde White), a very rich old man, kicks the bucket, his will is about to reveal his heir. If the recipient proves to be insane or also kicks the bucket, then there is a second heir. To make things more complicated, there may be a loose lunatic who escaped from a nearby asylum; they call him the cat. Remember, as Bismarck said, “A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.”