Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Duration: 84 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Charles Barton
Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Boris Karloff
IMDb score:
6,7 (4.508)
Releasedate: 22 August 1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff plot
"MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!"
Hotel employee is suspected of murder. A swami tries to make him confess under hypnosis, but the boy is not smart enough for this. An inspector uses him to catch the real killer.
Actors and actresses
Casey Edwards
Freddie Phillips
Swami Talpur
Angela Gordon
Jeff Wilson
Betty Crandall
Melton
Insp. Wellman
T. Hanley Brooks
Amos Strickland
Reviews & comments
frolunda
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- 1115 messages
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According to the proven formula, but fun, very fun. The jokes and antics are often hilarious, the setting (an isolated hotel near the caves) is atmospheric and the cast is strong. One of the best of the boys.
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Mescaline
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- 7095 messages
- 3256 votes
Another very entertaining film from Abbott & Costello. Personally, I think Meet Frankenstein is a little bit better, but they are also on a roll here.
Boris Karloff is a nice addition, but it is strange that he does not appear to be the killer.
Lenore Aubert when she tries to seduce Costello, what man wouldn't fall for her wearing those clothes? Just wow! 
3.5*
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Moviestar1979
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- 1671 messages
- 975 votes
The first film I saw of this comedy duo.
The original script "Easy Does It" was originally intended as a vehicle for Bob Hope. After the success of Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, Universal-International wanted to make another horror comedy with Abbott and Costello. Interestingly, the role of Boris Karloff was originally written for a female character named Madame Switzer. Karloff was hired more than five days before filming, and the character was changed to a swami. Although the title suggests that Karloff is the murderer, this was just a publicity stunt to attract full cinemas. Towards the end, Alan Mowbray's character turns out to be the perpetrator. The film was banned in Denmark because of the card scene with the two corpses. After filming was completed, Lou Costello suffered a relapse of his rheumatic fever. As a result, he was bedridden for several months, and the duo appeared a year later in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion. Abbott and Costello meet the Killer, Boris Karloff was the only Hollywood film with three actors' names in the title.
A fun slapstick comedy with a light-hearted role by Boris Karloff. Definitely not my last Abbott and Costello film.
3.0 *
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