I first watched this movie as a young child and it was my introduction to Horror, it changed my view of films. Films were no longer filled by colourful animated characters or zany glove puppets. The world can be murky, where even the funny can be endangered. The movie is your archetypal 'Haunted House' movie. The type of film that explains why ghost trains were invented. The fear of the unknown, the fear of being watched, the fear of hidden passages.
A group of equally disparate and distant family members are gathered on a small island to hear the reading of wealthy, reclusive Uncle's last will and testament. Things take a turn for the worse when an inmate known as 'The Cat' escapes from the local institute, sending the destitute cast into panic.
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard play a likable screen couple that the audience can believe in. Hope is the mouthy, witty and cowardly Wally who is appointed as guard to the eventual heiress. Threats come from moving wall panels, hidden passages behind bookcases, jealous relatives and 'The Cat.'
Superb entertainment.
A group of equally disparate and distant family members are gathered on a small island to hear the reading of wealthy, reclusive Uncle's last will and testament. Things take a turn for the worse when an inmate known as 'The Cat' escapes from the local institute, sending the destitute cast into panic.
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard play a likable screen couple that the audience can believe in. Hope is the mouthy, witty and cowardly Wally who is appointed as guard to the eventual heiress. Threats come from moving wall panels, hidden passages behind bookcases, jealous relatives and 'The Cat.'
Superb entertainment.