The Black Cat
Even Ladd is scared!
1941 | 70m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Albert S. Rogell |
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| Writer: | Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees, Robert Neville, Eric Taylor |
| Staring: |
| Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first. | |
| Release Date: | May 02, 1941 |
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| Director: | Albert S. Rogell |
| Writer: | Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees, Robert Neville, Eric Taylor |
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | lightning, cat, crematorium, wheelchair, murder, spoof, black and white, old dark house, housekeeper, gardener, black cat, dead cat, heir, thunder, secret passageway, foggy night, poisoning |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $178,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 17, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Montague Hartley |
| Hugh Herbert | Mr. Penny |
| Broderick Crawford | Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith |
| Bela Lugosi | Eduardo Vidos |
| Anne Gwynne | Elaine Winslow |
| Gladys Cooper | Myrna Hartley |
| Gale Sondergaard | Abigail Doone |
| Cecilia Loftus | Henrietta Winslow |
| Alan Ladd | Richard Hartley |
| Claire Dodd | Margaret Gordon |
| John Eldredge | Stanley Borden |
| Erville Alderson | Doctor Williams (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Coroner (uncredited) |
| Jack Cheatham | Moving Man #1 (uncredited) |
| Edgar Sherrod | Minister (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stanley Cortez | Director of Photography |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Short Story |
| Ted J. Kent | Editor |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Frederic I. Rinaldo | Screenplay |
| Hans J. Salter | Music, Music Director |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Ralph Freed | Music |
| Charles Henderson | Music |
| Charles Previn | Music |
| Howard Christie | Assistant Director |
| Ralph M. DeLacy | Art Department Assistant |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound Supervisor |
| Hal Bumbaugh | Sound |
| William Schwartz | Sound |
| Jack Rosenstein | Unit Publicist |
| Albert S. Rogell | Director |
| Robert Lees | Screenplay |
| Robert Neville | Screenplay |
| Eric Taylor | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Burt Kelly | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 817 | 867 |