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A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White 3000 Charles Barton Director: Charles Barton Universal Pictures , A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. , A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. , A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. , A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami.
Prominent criminal attorney Amos Strickland (Nicholas Joy) checks into the Lost Caverns Resort Hotel. His murdered body is later discovered by the bellboy, Freddie Phillips (Lou Costello), who is implicated in the crime. Seven former clients happen to be at the resort, and they are suspects. The former clients gather for a meeting and decide that they must conceal their pasts and that Freddie must take the blame for the three murders.
Prominent criminal attorney Amos Strickland (Nicholas Joy) checks into the Lost Caverns Resort Hotel. His murdered body is later discovered by the bellboy, Freddie Phillips (Lou Costello), who is implicated in the crime. Seven former clients happen to be at the resort, and they are suspects. The former clients gather for a meeting and decide that they must conceal their pasts and that Freddie must take the blame for the three murders.
Credits
- Directed by
- Charles Barton
- Cast
- Percy Helton, James Flavin, Boris Karloff, Victoria Horne, Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Morgan Farley, Nicholas Joy, Alan Mowbray, Claire Du Brey, Lenore Aubert, Roland Winters
- Produced by
- Robert Arthur
Copyright
8Sep49 L2561, renewed 18Nov76 R646691 Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Original author: Universal Pictures Company, Inc
Complete catalog record
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER: BORIS KARLOFF. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 84 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles T. Barton; story, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder; screenplay, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Edward Curtiss. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2561., ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER: BORIS KARLOFF. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 84 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles T. Barton; story, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder; screenplay, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Edward Curtiss. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2561., ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER: BORIS KARLOFF. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 84 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles T. Barton; story, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder; screenplay, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Edward Curtiss. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2561., ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER: BORIS KARLOFF. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 84 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A slapstick murder mystery about disappearing bodies, assorted killers, bottomless pits, and a phony swami. Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles T. Barton; story, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder; screenplay, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder, John Grant; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Edward Curtiss. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2561.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q2648461 ↗
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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