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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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