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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Release Date: August 22, 1949
Year | : | 1949 |
Slogan | : | «MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!» |
Genres | : | Comedy, Horror, Mystery |
Production Companies | : | Universal International Pictures |
Director | : | Charles Barton |
Producers | : | Robert Arthur, Gilbert Kurland |
Writers | : | John Grant, Howard Snyder, Howard Snyder, Oscar Brodney, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Hugh Wedlock Jr. |
RunTime | : | 84 mins. |
Budget | : | 686000 |
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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