Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!

1949 · 84 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery

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.

Directed by Charles Barton · Written by Hugh Wedlock Jr.

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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

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