--- title: 'The Black Cat (1941)' type: 'film' director: 'Albert S. Rogell' released: '1941-01-01' runtime_minutes: 70 genres: - 'Mystery' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-cat-1941' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033397/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Black Cat (1941) 1941 · 70 min · Mystery · United States ## Synopsis The Black Cat is a 1941 American comedy horror and mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Basil Rathbone. The film was a stylistic hybrid, inspired by comedy "Old Dark House" films of the era as well as the 1843 short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Basil Rathbone as Montague Hartley, the head of a greedy family who await the death of Henrietta Winslow so that they can inherit her fortune. When she is found murdered, an investigation begins into who might be the culprit. Alongside Rathbone and Loftus, the film's cast includes Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, and Bela Lugosi. ## Credits - **Director:** [Albert S. Rogell](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-s-rogell) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Lees](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lees) - **Original Music Composer:** [Hans J. Salter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-j-salter) - **Director of Photography:** [Stanley Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-cortez) - **Editor:** [Ted J. Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-j-kent) ## Cast - [Anne Gwynne](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-gwynne) - [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) - [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson) - [Gladys Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-cooper) - [Alan Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ladd) - [Claire Dodd](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-dodd) - [Hugh Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-herbert) - [Gale Sondergaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-sondergaard) - [Broderick Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/broderick-crawford) - [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-cat-1941 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7718277); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.