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Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bud Abbott | ... | Casey Edwards | |
| Lou Costello | ... | Freddie Phillips | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Swami Talpur | |
| Lenore Aubert | ... | Angela Gordon | |
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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 | |
| Victoria Horne | ... | Mrs. Hargreave | |
| Percy Helton | ... | Abernathy | |
| Claire Du Brey | ... | Mrs. Grimsby | |
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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). Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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stupidity | villain | actor names in title | psychotronic film | hotel |Taglines:
Yipes! Those Killer-Dillers are out to get the King of the Killers ! See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
22 August 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff See more »Edit
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$686,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Freddie Phillips: Much deader than you think.
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The role eventually played by Boris Karloff was originally a female character named Madame Switzer in the final shooting script which was then titled, 'Abbott and Costello Meet the Killers'. Five days before shooting, Karloff was hired and the character was changed to a swami. See more »Goofs
After Casey and Freddie leave the body of Relia in his closet, and he rolls into the laundry cart, he lands face down. But then, when Freddie gets the cart to put Milford's body in it, he and Casey find Relia face up. See more »Quotes
Abernathy: Things have been awfully dead around here.Freddie Phillips: Much deader than you think.
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The film begins animated versions of Abbott & Costello on a scaffold painting their names on a wall. (The bucket is labeled "BLOOD")Then there is the sound of a car screeching to a stop, and machine gun fire. "Meet the Killer" is written in bullet holes. "Costello" yells "HaHa! You didn't dot the "I"!" Then a dagger flies in and "Dots the 'I'", while the bucket of "Blood" is spilled. Then the frame drops, following the "Blood" as it spells out "Boris Karloff", and then the rest of the credits. See more »Alternate Versions
In Australia and New Zealand, every scene with a corpse was removed prior to distribution. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Fans of ABBOTT and COSTELLO should enjoy this entry, even if the title is a bit misleading--and even if BORIS KARLOFF doesn't get to be quite as menacing as you might want him to be. He does look distinguished in that turban as a Swami who tries to put Costello into a trance so he'll believe that he's the murderer, with negative results.
Most of the action takes place at a secluded hotel where a well-known lawyer has been found murdered. Suspicion points to bellboy COSTELLO, and in a script that has ABBOTT as a house detective, you can see that poor Lou is gonna have a hard time proving his innocence...especially when dead bodies keep popping up everywhere wherever he goes.
It's not as funny as WHO DONE IT? or HOLD THAT GHOST, but considerably better than some of the later stuff they did toward the end of their career.
Enjoyable enough nonsense for their fans.