Directed by:
Charles BartonCinematography:
Charles Van EngerCast:
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore, Donna Martell, Alan Mowbray, James Flavin, Nicholas Joy, Mikel Conrad, Morgan Farley (more)Plots(1)
Wacky hijinks abound when hotel detective Casey Edwards (Bud Abbott) and bellboy Freddie Phillips (Lou Costello) investigate the murder of a crooked lawyer. This comedy, which is one of the famous duo's best, starts when the pair's investigation blossoms into an attempt to solve a series of murders that have all occurred at Lost Canyons Hotel. Director Charles Barton keeps the mystery going until the finish. One of the best bits is when Boris Karloff, barely disguised as the sinister mystic Swami Talpur, tries to get Freddie to commit suicide under hypnosis while screaming "You're going to commit suicide if it's the last thing you do." Inspector Wellman (James Flavin) finally does track down the killer but it's not who you would suspect. The farce flows freely from the story by Hugh Wedlock and Howard Snyder who penned the screenplay with the help of John Grant. Fake Svengali Karloff pops around many a corner, giving the boys quite a scare as they bungle their way to the bottom of the mystery. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bud Abbott
USA
Best movies:
Who Done It? (1942)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Lou Costello
USA
Best movies:
Who Done It? (1942)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Boris Karloff
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Lenore Aubert
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Donna Martell
USA
Best movies:
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
The Egyptian (1954)
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Alan Mowbray
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The King and I (1956)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Nicholas Joy
France
Best movies:
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Desk Set (1957)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Mikel Conrad
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Morgan Farley
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Julius Caesar (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Victoria Horne
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Harvey (1950)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Roland Winters
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Loving (1970)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Gail Bonney
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Marjorie Bennett
Australia
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)