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One Body Too Many
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One Body Too Many is a 1944 film about an insurance investigator who arrives at a creepy mansion to protect a millionaire who has had death threats made against him.
Directed by Frank McDonald. Written by Winston Miller and Maxwell Shane.
A shudder a second! A laugh a minute! (taglines)
Dialogue
Insurance agent: [on the phone] Yeah, yeah, I know. But call me tomorrow. I gotta get outta here. [hangs up] Hey, Tuttle. I got a date for you tonight. Dot's cousin just got into town and you and I...
Albert Tuttle: I already have an engagement. I've had it for over a month: with Cyrus J. Rutherford.
Murkil: Would you care for the last cup of coffee, sir?
Albert Tuttle: Yes, I would. What kind of coffee is this? You know, there are two classes of coffee, Murkil. There's the percolated and there's the drip.
Murkil: This is percolated.
Albert Tuttle: Sorry, I'm a drip.
Matthews: Such fine coffee.
Murkil: Isn't it?
Carol Dunlap: Oh, Albert!
Taglines
A Chill and Chuckle Chase
A shudder a second! A laugh a minute!
YOU'LL DIE SCREAMING WITH...Laughter!
The Murder Mystery of the Season!
Cast
Jack Haley — Albert L. Tuttle
Jean Parker — Carol Dunlap
Bela Lugosi — Merkil
Blanche Yurka — Matthews
Lyle Talbot — Jim Davis
Douglas Fowley — Henry Rutherford
Fay Helm — Estelle Hopkins
Bernard Nedell — Attorney Morton Gellman
Lucien Littlefield — Kenneth Hopkins
Dorothy Granger — Mona Rutherford
External links
0037151 One Body Too Many
Category:1944 American films
Category:Comedy horror films
Category:American independent films
Category:Films set in country houses
Category:Parody films
Category:Films about salespeople
Category:1944 English-language films