Scared Stiff (1953)

Directed by

Walter DeLeon, Herbert Baker, George Marshall, Hal B. Wallis

Genre

comedy film, comedy horror, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nightclub performer and his bumbling friend travel to a haunted castle on a Caribbean island to claim an inheritance. They encounter ghosts, gangsters, and a mysterious woman.

comediclightheartedmusicalspooky-funfast-pacedwhimsicalcampy

What happens

Scared Stiff is a 1953 American supernatural fiction-themed comedy horror semi-musical film, directed by George Marshall and starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. One of the 17 films made by the Martin and Lewis team, it was released on April 27, 1953, by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, previously filmed under that title in 1914 and 1922 and as The Ghost Breakers in 1940, also directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope. Scared Stiff was Carmen Miranda's final film appearance, as she died two years later in August 1955. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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