Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
1949 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.6 · 67% critics
A bellhop at a remote caverns hotel becomes the top suspect after a murder, as a detective tries to sort out what really happened. A mysterious swami attempts to push the bellhop toward confession through hypnosis, but the situation gets more complicated than that.
Also known as Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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Details
- Original title
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
- Years
- 1949
- Release date
- 1949-05-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (57 votes)
- Budget
- $744,245
About
If you like Abbott and Costello mix-and-match murder mysteries and occasional creepy-cavern thrills, you may enjoy this; Not for you if you want nonstop comedy, strong horror atmosphere, or lots of screen time from Boris Karloff in Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
Pros: lots of laughs; creepy caverns fun; whodunit energy | Cons: uneven pacing; Karloff limited; plot gets convoluted
Themes
- hotel
- blackmail
- attempted murder
- slapstick comedy
- cross dressing
- black and white
- screwball comedy
- hypnotism
- elevator
Cast & crew
Bud Abbott
as Casey Edwards
Lou Costello
as Freddie Phillips
Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur
Lenore Aubert
as Angela Gordon
- GM
Gar Moore
as Jeff Wilson
Donna Martell
as Betty Crandall
Alan Mowbray
as Melton
James Flavin
as Insp. Wellman
Roland Winters
as T. Hanley Brooks
Nicholas Joy
as Amos Strickland
Directed by Charles Barton