Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949
6.7 / 10
Bud Abbott and Lou 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).
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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... Casey Edwards
... Freddie Phillips
... Swami Talpur
... Angela Gordon
GM
Gar Moore... Jeff Wilson
... Betty Crandall
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See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by John Chard
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
Release Date:
May 26, 1949 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 24`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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
Cast & Crew of
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Casey Edwards
... Freddie Phillips
... Swami Talpur
... Angela Gordon
GM
Gar Moore... Jeff Wilson
... Betty Crandall
... Melton
... Insp. Wellman
... T. Hanley Brooks
... Amos Strickland
... Sgt. Stone
... Gregory Milford
... Mrs. Hargreave
... Abernathy
... Mrs. Grimsby
... Lawrence Crandall
... Mike Relia
... Joe, Reporter (uncredited)
... Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
... Second Maid (uncredited)
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... Producer
... Production Manager
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