Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
6.5|26 May, 1949|84 min
MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!
6.5|26 May, 1949|84 min
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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).
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Budget$686,000
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English
Budget$686,000
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Keywords
hotel
blackmail
attempted murder
slapstick comedy
cross dressing
screwball comedy
hypnotism
elevator
Casts
Bud Abbott
Casey Edwards
Lou Costello
Freddie Phillips
Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
Lenore Aubert
Angela Gordon
Gar Moore
Jeff Wilson
Donna Martell
Betty Crandall
Alan Mowbray
Melton
James Flavin
Insp. Wellman
Roland Winters
T. Hanley Brooks
Nicholas Joy
Amos Strickland
Mikel Conrad
Sgt. Stone
Morgan Farley
Gregory Milford
Victoria Horne
Mrs. Hargreave
Percy Helton
Abernathy
Claire Du Brey
Mrs. Grimsby
Harry Hayden
Lawrence Crandall
Vincent Renno
Mike Relia
Murray Alper
Joe, Reporter (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Second Maid (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
First Maid (uncredited)
Harry Brown
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Barber (uncredited)
Eddie Coke
Reporter (uncredited)
Beatrice Gray
Woman (uncredited)
Billy Gray
Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)
Patricia Hall
Manicurist (uncredited)
Arthur Hecht
Photographer (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Ed Randolph
Bootblack (uncredited)
Phil Shepard
Bellboy (uncredited)
Billy Snyder
Reporter (uncredited)
Frankie Van
Bozzo (uncredited)
Crews
Charles Barton
Director
Howard Snyder
Story
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Howard Snyder
Screenplay
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
Milton Schwarzwald
Original Music Composer
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Screenplay
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
David S. Horsley
Special Effects
Robert Arthur
Producer
John Grant
Screenplay
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Story
Richard H. Riedel
Art Direction
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Frank Skinner
Music
Betty A. Griffin
Script Supervisor
Johnny Green
Music
Lillian Burkhart
Hairstylist
Walter Schumann
Music
Sherman Clark
Still Photographer
Hans J. Salter
Music
Milton Schwarzwald
Music Director
Oscar Brodney
Writer
Fred Buckley
Grip
Ethmer Roten
Musician
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Music
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Gilbert Kurland
Production Manager
Leith Stevens
Music
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director
Paul Sawtell
Music
Ross Saxon
Gaffer
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Lloyd Ward
Camera Operator
Backdrops & Posters
