The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

Annabelle West

Paul Jones

Charles Wilder

Roger Crosby

Susan

Harry (as Arthur Edmund Carew)

Mammy Pleasant

The Guard

Ira Lazar

Policeman (uncredited)

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Milkman

Writer/director Robert F. Hill not only wrote the adaptation for this film but also served as a sort of assistant/associate director for Paul Leni. Leni, a German, didn't speak much English, and Hill spoke German, so he acted as a liaison between Leni and the cast and crew.

The play on which this film is based opened in New York on 7 February 1922 at the National Theater. It closed in May 1922 after 148 performances.

As Tully Marshall's dead body falls to the floor, the actor can be clearly seen extending his hands to break the fall.

When the murdered lawyer falls from behind a concealed door, he falls face down, but in the subsequent scenes he is shown on his back.

In the credits a character named "Ira Lazar" is listed. No such person is ever named in the film. However, external information indicates that "Ira Lazar" is the character who identifies himself as "the doctor" sent to check on Annabelle's sanity.

Mammy Pleasant: This is an evil omen! Something terrible will happen here tonight!

Roger Crosby: I have come to read the will of Cyrus West. Have any of the heirs arrived yet?

Annabelle West: Why, Paul, I haven't seen you since nurse dropped you on your head.