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6.4/10 • 41

1953-04-271h 48m

MusicComedyHorror

They're making a spook-tacle of themselves!

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...

Directors
George Marshall
Editors
Warren Low

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  1. Dean Martin

    Dean Martin

    Larry Todd

  2. Jerry Lewis

    Jerry Lewis

    Myron Mertz

  3. Lizabeth Scott

    Lizabeth Scott

    Mary Carroll

  4. Carmen Miranda

    Carmen Miranda

    Carmelita Castinha

  5. George Dolenz

    George Dolenz

    Mr. Cortega

  6. Dorothy Malone

    Dorothy Malone

    Rosie

  7. William Ching

    William Ching

    Tony Warren

  8. Paul Marion

    Paul Marion

    Ramon Cariso / Francisco Cariso

  9. Jack Lambert

    Jack Lambert

    Zombie

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John Chard

Jul 13, 2020

7/10

It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. Larry Todd (Dean Martin), and Myron Mertz (Jerry Lewis) run a foul of gangster "Shorty" and are forced to flee the hotel when suspicion of murder falls on Larry. Hooking up with heiress Mary Carroll (Lizabeth Scott) who is sailing for Cuba, the guys find that Cuba is one mysterious place, full of weird goings on and Zombies! Scared Stiff was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' ninth picture, a remake of Paramount's 1940 comedy spooker, The Ghost Breakers that starred Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, it's also directed by the same man, George Marshall. Though both Lewis and Martin are on record as saying they didn't want to remake The Ghost Breakers since the Hope movie was fine the way it is. The guys were bound to do it by their Paramount contract, and thus producer Hal B. Wallis, rightly assuming that it was viable material for the duo, got the film made. In the pantheon of Martin/Lewis films, Scared Stiff ranks as one of the better efforts that the guys did. Larks and songs and a Carmen Miranda cameo make up the main body of Scared Stiff. Standard slap-stick to none fans of the intrepid duo, but essential viewing for those that have a kink for such shenanigans. From a ventriloquist dummy skit to Lewis' delightful take on Miranda, and containing an hilarious sequence with Jerry stuck in a trunk, there's enough guffaws to keep the grin on ones face. Fans of the singing side of Deano are however short changed here, and there is no getting away from the fact that Scared Stiff is ultimately a rushed cash in job. So with that in mind newcomers to the pair are advised to possibly give the film a miss and head for the likes of Artists And Models and Hollywood or Bust instead. 7/10

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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