Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
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).
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $686,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.085 |
Directed By
Charles Barton
Crew
Charles Barton
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder
John Grant
Robert Arthur
Milton Schwarzwald
Charles Van Enger
Edward Curtiss
Bernard Herzbrun
Richard H. Riedel
Oliver Emert
Russell A. Gausman
Rosemary Odell
Joan St. Oegger
Bud Westmore
David S. Horsley
Oscar Brodney
Layne Britton
Lillian Burkhart
Gilbert Kurland
Joseph E. Kenney
Leslie I. Carey
Robert Pritchard
Fred Buckley
Sherman Clark
Ross Saxon
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Johnny Green
Ethmer Roten
Hans J. Salter
Paul Sawtell
Walter Schumann
Milton Schwarzwald
Frank Skinner
Leith Stevens
Betty A. Griffin
Lloyd Ward
TOP CAST
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)
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