Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff(Movie, 1949)

Name: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1949
Duration: T01:24:00
Rating: 3.4

1h 24min | Genres: Comedy, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. In 1956, the film was re-released by Realart Pictures as a double feature with Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The film is set in a hotel. Following the murder of a prominent lawyer within the hotel, the hotel's bellboy is kept in custody at his room. The other suspects in the murder case manipulate him into signing a false confession, and then try to eliminate him. Meanwhile, the corpses of two more victims are found hidden in the bellboy's closet. ()

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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).

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/22/1949

Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, James Flavin, Alan Mowbray, Claire Du Brey, Percy Helton, Victoria Horne, Lenore Aubert, Roland Winters, Nicholas Joy, Morgan Farley

Director: Charles Barton

Producer: Robert Arthur

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff"

Keywords: attempted murder, cross dressing, elevator, slapstick comedy, hotel, hypnotism, blackmail, screwball comedy

Budget: 686,000 USD

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff(Movie, 1949)

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