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

Name: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Director: Charles Barton
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1949
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 6.592
Cast: Alan Mowbray, Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott, Claire Du Brey, Donna Martell

Comedy Horror Mystery

6.6 (61 votes)

1h 24m

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).

Details

Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant
Original Language: English
Budget: $686,000

Cast

Alan Mowbray Boris Karloff Bud Abbott Claire Du Brey Donna Martell Gar Moore James Flavin Lenore Aubert Lou Costello Mikel Conrad Morgan Farley Nicholas Joy Percy Helton Roland Winters Victoria Horne

Keywords

attempted murder black and white blackmail costumed killer cross dressing elevator femme fatale hotel hypnotism murder investigation murder mystery parody murder plot murder spree screwball comedy slapstick comedy