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

Original title

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Directed by

Charles Barton

Genre

comedy film, comedy horror, mystery film, crossover fiction, parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

G

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hotel bellboy is suspected of murder after a lawyer is killed. The other suspects trick him into confessing and then try to get rid of him while more bodies turn up in his closet.

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What happens

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. In 1956, the film was re-released by Realart Pictures as a double feature with Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The film is set in a hotel. Following the murder of a prominent lawyer within the hotel, the hotel's bellboy is kept in custody at his room. The other suspects in the murder case manipulate him into signing a false confession, and then try to eliminate him. Meanwhile, the corpses of two more victims are found hidden in the bellboy's closet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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