Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)

26/05/1949
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
1h 24m

MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!

Overview

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

  • Charles BartonDirector
  • Oscar BrodneyWriter
  • Hugh Wedlock Jr.Screenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $686,000

Keywords

  • hotel
  • blackmail
  • attempted murder
  • slapstick comedy
  • cross dressing
  • screwball comedy
  • hypnotism
  • elevator

Top Billed Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Casey Edwards

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Freddie Phillips

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Swami Talpur

Lenore Aubert

Lenore Aubert

Angela Gordon

Gar Moore

Jeff Wilson

Donna Martell

Donna Martell

Betty Crandall

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Melton

James Flavin

James Flavin

Insp. Wellman

Roland Winters

Roland Winters

T. Hanley Brooks

Nicholas Joy

Nicholas Joy

Amos Strickland

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