Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Aug. 22, 1949

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).

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Aug. 22, 1949

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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).
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Directors Charles Barton
Writers Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant

Cast

Bud Abbott

as Casey Edwards

Lou Costello

as Freddie Phillips

Boris Karloff

as Swami Talpur

Lenore Aubert

as Angela Gordon

Gar Moore

as Jeff Wilson

Donna Martell

as Betty Crandall

Alan Mowbray

as Melton

James Flavin

as Insp. Wellman

Roland Winters

as T. Hanley Brooks

Nicholas Joy

as Amos Strickland

Mikel Conrad

as Sgt. Stone

Morgan Farley

as Gregory Milford

Victoria Horne

as Mrs. Hargreave

Percy Helton

as Abernathy

Claire Du Brey

as Mrs. Grimsby

Harry Hayden

as Lawrence Crandall

Vincent Renno

as Mike Relia

Gail Bonney

as First Maid (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

as Second Maid (uncredited)

Harry Brown

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Arthur Hecht

as Photographer (uncredited)

Billy Gray

as Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)

Murray Alper

as Joe, Reporter (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

as Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)