• Director(s)

    Paul Leni

  • Production Year

    1927

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley

Film

THE CAT AND THE CANARY

mild scary scenes, violence, brief rude humour

THE CAT AND THE CANARY is a comedy horror, from 1927, in which a group of people gather in a mysterious house to learn who will inherit a great fortune.…

THE CAT AND THE CANARY is a comedy horror, from 1927, in which a group of people gather in a mysterious house to learn who will inherit a great fortune.

violence
There are occasional fistfights in which people trade blows.
threat and horror
Sequences include a clawed hand reaching out over a woman as she sleeps, and the sudden revelation of a dead body behind a secret door.
rude humour
A man hiding under a bed from fear becomes unintentionally trapped there and subsequently witnesses women, who are unaware of his presence, getting undressed. There is no nudity, but it is implied to watches them undressing.
There are references to people being 'lunatics', 'crazy' and being sent to the 'bug house', reflective of the attitudes of the era. A man smokes.

  • Director(s)

    Paul Leni

  • Production Year

    1927

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley

mild scary scenes, violence, brief rude humour
Classified Date:
15/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
violence
There are occasional fistfights in which people trade blows.
threat and horror
Sequences include a clawed hand reaching out over a woman as she sleeps, and the sudden revelation of a dead body behind a secret door.
rude humour
A man hiding under a bed from fear becomes unintentionally trapped there and subsequently witnesses women, who are unaware of his presence, getting undressed. There is no nudity, but it is implied to watches them undressing.
There are references to people being 'lunatics', 'crazy' and being sent to the 'bug house', reflective of the attitudes of the era. A man smokes.

  • Classified date

    15/04/2024

  • Language

    English