THE SHADOW OF THE CAT (1961) Reviews and overview

Choice dialogue:
“You mean to tell me that an ordinary domestic cat is terrorising three grown-ups?”

Main cast and characters:
André Morell … Walter Venable – The Mummy’s Shroud
Barbara Shelley … Beth Venable
William Lucas … Jacob Venable
Freda Jackson … Clara, the Maid
Conrad Phillips … Michael Latimer
Richard Warner … Edgar Venable
Vanda Godsell … Louise Venable
Alan Wheatley … Inspector Rowles
Andrew Crawford … Andrew, the Butler
Kynaston Reeves … The Grandfather
Catherine Lacey … Ella Venable – The Sorcerers; The Mummy’s Shroud

Filming locations:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Technical details:
1 hour 19 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 1.66: 1
Audio: Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Fun facts:
The film’s production company is BHP, a company comprising writer George Baxt, producer Jon Pennington and theatrical agent Richard Hatton.

The film begins with a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’.

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