Edgar Allan Poe story Broderick Crawford in Black Hat 1941 Murder Mystery Classic

The Black Cat is a 1941 American comedy horror mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell.

Inspired by darkly comedic "old dark house" films of the era as well as the 1843 short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, the film stars Basil Rathbone as Montague Hartley, the head of a greedy family, with a young Broderick Crawford.