A Jolly Bad Fellow

A Jolly Bad Fellow

THEY ALL DIED LAUGHING

1964 · 94 min · ★ 5.0 · Comedy, Crime

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.

Directed by Don Chaffey · Written by Robert Hamer

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