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The black cat.[1941]

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Uniform Title Black cat (Motion picture : 1941)
Title The black cat.
Published Australia : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, ©2020.
©1941, renewed 1968.
Description 1 DVD-video (70 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm.
Notes Catalogued from container.
Shock Entertainment : KAL5287.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Based on the The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.
Credits Directed by Albert S. Rogell ; written by Robert Lees.
Performers Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper, Cecilia Loftus, Claire Dodd.
Summary A wealthy but embittered matriarch makes a deathbed recovery only to be murdered by someone in the greedy clan gathered for the reading of her will. The family is frustrated to learn that nobody receives a penny until the very last of the old lady's multitude of beloved cats perish.
Target audience note Censorship classification : PG.
System details DVD video, Dolby Digital 2.0, Region 4, NTSC, 1.33:1.
Language note English.
Subjects Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Film adaptations
Wills -- Drama
Cats -- Drama
Murder -- Drama
Greed -- Drama
Feature films -- United States
Motion pictures, American
Genre Detective and mystery films
Horror films
Dark comedy films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Other Names Rogell, Albert, 1901-1988 director.
Lees, Robert, 1912-2004 screenwriter.
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 actor.
Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952 actor.
Crawford, Broderick, 1911-1986 actor.
Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956 actor.
Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985 actor.
Gwynne, Anne, 1918-2003 actor.
Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 actor.
Loftus, Cecilia, 1876-1943 actor.
Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973 actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat.
Series Hollywood gold series
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