Making the most of its Karloff-Lugosi star pairing and loads of creepy atmosphere, The Black Cat is an early classic in the Universal monster movie library.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Edgar G. Ulmer -
Producer -
Carl Laemmle Jr. -
Screenwriter -
Edgar Allan Poe , Edgar G. Ulmer , Peter Ruric -
Distributor -
Screen Gems , Realart Pictures Inc. , Cinema Classics , Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Universal Pictures -
Genre -
Horror -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 7, 1934, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 1, 2016 -
Runtime -
1h 5m -
Sound Mix -
Mono -
Aspect Ratio -
35mm , Flat (1.37:1)
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