Directed by:
Jacques TourneurScreenplay:
Richard MathesonCinematography:
Floyd CrosbyComposer:
Les BaxterCast:
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Basil Rathbone, Alan DeWitt, Beverly Powers, Harvey Parry, Charles Soldani (more)VOD (1)
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Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price), a lazy New England funeral parlor owner, who blackmails Peter Lorre into helping him increase business by killing people. Price meets resistance from his landlord (Basil Rathbone), wife and senile old father-in-law (Boris Karloff). (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
All these men and a few women have managed to create a horror romp that isn't as scary as one would hope, but some scenes are entertaining, and it's all filmed in the spirit of a Shakespearean comedy, albeit without quite as memorable dialogue. Jacques Tourneur, however, demonstrated that the genre truly suits him, but he is capable of adding spice to it that makes the film unique, multi-genre, and interesting.
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