Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)

6.6/10 84 min Comedy Horror Mystery

Overview

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).

Cast

Bud Abbott

Casey Edwards

Lou Costello

Freddie Phillips

Boris Karloff

Swami Talpur

Lenore Aubert

Angela Gordon

Donna Martell

Betty Crandall

Alan Mowbray

Melton

James Flavin

Insp. Wellman

Roland Winters

T. Hanley Brooks

Nicholas Joy

Amos Strickland

Mikel Conrad

Sgt. Stone

Morgan Farley

Gregory Milford

Victoria Horne

Mrs. Hargreave

Percy Helton

Abernathy

Claire Du Brey

Mrs. Grimsby

Harry Hayden

Lawrence Crandall

Murray Alper

Joe, Reporter (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

Second Maid (uncredited)

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