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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

"MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!"

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1949 · 1h 24m
Horror, Comedy, Mystery
Starring Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Boris Karloff
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Lost Caverns Resort Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips gives an empty threat to one attorney Amos Strickland, and is shortly fired. When Freddie visits his guest's suite to apologize, he finds Strickland dead of a gunshot wound. As the investigators file in, Freddie becomes the scapegoat of the guests in the hotel, who all had a bone to pick with Strickland. It's now up to Freddie and Detective Casey Edwards to find out who the real killer is, all the while avoiding the many vigorous and violent villains staying at the resort.

Theatrical
Aug 22, 1949
Budget
$686K
Director
Charles Barton
Writers
Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant
Producer
Robert Arthur
Music
Milton Schwarzwald
Studio
Universal International Pictures
Keywords
hotel blackmail attempted murder femme fatale slapstick comedy cross dressing black and white screwball comedy hypnotism murder investigation elevator murder plot murder spree
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Cast

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B
Bud Abbott
Casey Edwards
L
Lou Costello
Freddie Phillips
B
Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
L
Lenore Aubert
Angela Gordon
G
Gar Moore
Jeff Wilson
D
Donna Martell
Betty Crandall
A
Alan Mowbray
Melton
J
James Flavin
Insp. Wellman
R
Roland Winters
T. Hanley Brooks
N
Nicholas Joy
Amos Strickland
M
Mikel Conrad
Sgt. Stone
M
Morgan Farley
Gregory Milford
V
Victoria Horne
Mrs. Hargreave
P
Percy Helton
Abernathy
C
Claire Du Brey
Mrs. Grimsby
H
Harry Hayden
Lawrence Crandall
V
Vincent Renno
Mike Relia
M
Murray Alper
Joe, Reporter (uncredited)
B
Bobby Barber
Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
M
Marjorie Bennett
Second Maid (uncredited)

Quotes

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Ghoulish Glee in a Mad Spree
Taglines The maddest spree of Ghoulish Glee since ] !
[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein|they met . . . Frankenstein]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Killer-Dillers Target the King of the Killers
Taglines Yipes! Those Killer-Dillers are out to get the King of the Killers !
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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