Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff main backdrop
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

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6.5/10 • 54

1949-05-261h 24m

ComedyHorrorMystery

MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!

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).

Directors
Charles Barton
Writters
Oscar Brodney
Editors
Edward Curtiss

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Bud Abbott

    Bud Abbott

    Casey Edwards

  2. Lou Costello

    Lou Costello

    Freddie Phillips

  3. Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Swami Talpur

  4. Lenore Aubert

    Lenore Aubert

    Angela Gordon

  5. Gar Moore

    Gar Moore

    Jeff Wilson

  6. Donna Martell

    Donna Martell

    Betty Crandall

  7. Alan Mowbray

    Alan Mowbray

    Melton

  8. James Flavin

    James Flavin

    Insp. Wellman

  9. Roland Winters

    Roland Winters

    T. Hanley Brooks

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John Chard

May 5, 2015

7/10

Tidy comedy, great mystery! Bud & Lou find themselves at the center of a murder mystery, the chief suspect? Why Lou Costello of course. As a comedy, Meet The Killer offers nothing fresh to what we haven't seen before from the boys prior to this 1949 offering, not that the comedy doesn't deliver, because it does, very much so. Be it Freddie (Costello) being too stupid to be hypnotised by the shifty Swami (Boris Karloff), or a wonderful sequence of events down in the creepy caverns, it's fun and very diverting. However, the strength in "Meet The Killer" is that it works very well as a whodunit mystery, a ream of characters, all acting oddly, come and go to keep the viewer guessing right through to the cheery pay off. It's entertaining on two fronts and has a cast clearly having fun into the bargain. Super shadowy photography by Charles Van Enger as well. Enjoy! Now, about that Tortoise? 7/10

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  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$686,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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