- HD 1080
- Runtime: 70m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Albert S. Rogell
- Stars: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Anne Gwynne
- keywords: lightning, wheelchair, crematorium, murder, spoof, inheritance, last will and testament, horror spoof, black and white, old dark house, housekeeper, hanging, gardener, black cat, dead cat, heir, thunder, secret passageway, old woman murdered, murder by gunshot, cat lover, foggy night, poisoning, cats, scary house, greedy heirs
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures
- Slogan: Even Ladd is scared!
- The The Black Cat is featured in the top rankings of 1941
- #28 in Top Comedy Movies of 1941
- #7 in Top Mystery Movies of 1941
- #5 in Top Horror Movies of 1941
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.