Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

"MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!"

1949

1h 24m

6.5(54 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Mystery

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).

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Cast & Crew

33 members

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Bud Abbott

Casey Edwards

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Lou Costello

Freddie Phillips

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Boris Karloff

Swami Talpur

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Lenore Aubert

Angela Gordon

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Gar Moore

Jeff Wilson

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Donna Martell

Betty Crandall

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Alan Mowbray

Melton

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James Flavin

Insp. Wellman

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Roland Winters

T. Hanley Brooks

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Nicholas Joy

Amos Strickland

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Mikel Conrad

Sgt. Stone

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Morgan Farley

Gregory Milford

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Victoria Horne

Mrs. Hargreave

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Percy Helton

Abernathy

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Claire Du Brey

Mrs. Grimsby

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Harry Hayden

Lawrence Crandall

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Vincent Renno

Mike Relia

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Murray Alper

Joe, Reporter (uncredited)

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Bobby Barber

Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)

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Marjorie Bennett

Second Maid (uncredited)

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Gail Bonney

First Maid (uncredited)

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Harry Brown

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

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Jack Chefe

Barber (uncredited)

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Eddie Coke

Reporter (uncredited)

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Beatrice Gray

Woman (uncredited)

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Billy Gray

Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)

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Patricia Hall

Manicurist (uncredited)

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Arthur Hecht

Photographer (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

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Ed Randolph

Bootblack (uncredited)

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Phil Shepard

Bellboy (uncredited)

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Billy Snyder

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frankie Van

Bozzo (uncredited)

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