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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 American film about two employees of a secluded hotel who investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
Directed by Charles Barton. Written by John Grant, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., and Howard Snyder.
Yipes! Those Killer-Dillers are out to get the King of the Killers ! (taglines)
Freddie Phillips
Ain't I a lucky stiff? Lucky stiff? I should've never left Paterson.
Dialogue
Casey Edwards: It's Milford. Strickland's secretary.
Freddie Phillips: What's he hangin' around here for?
Casey Edwards: He's hang — He's dead, you dope.
Insp. Wellman: Were you and Relia in cahoots?
Freddie Phillips: [having seen Relia's body] The last time I saw Relia, he didn't talk to me.
Insp. Wellman: If I could only find Relia. I could make him talk.
Freddie Phillips: If you could, that would be a good trick.
Sgt. Stone: He could make him talk. You don't know Wellman.
Freddie Phillips: You don't know Relia.
Abernathy: Things have been awfully dead around here.
Freddie Phillips: Much deader than you think.
Casey Edwards: Freddie, where did you that gun?
Freddie Phillips: I don't know.
Casey Edwards: Freddie, for the last time! Where did you get that gun?
Freddie Phillips: I don't know.
Casey Edwards: Where did you get that gun?
Freddie Phillips: Hey, that's not fair. You said "for the last time". I answered it.
Taglines
Yipes! Those Killer-Dillers are out to get the King of the Killers !
The maddest spree of Ghoulish Glee since they met . . . Frankenstein !
Cast
Bud Abbott — Casey Edwards
Lou Costello — Freddie Phillips
Lenore Aubert — Angela Gordon
Gar Moore — Jeff Wilson
Donna Martell — Betty Crandall
Boris Karloff — Swami Talpur
External links
0041085 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Category:1949 American films
Category:Comedy horror films
Category:Abbott and Costello films
Category:Screenplays by John Grant
Category:Films directed by Charles Barton
Category:Films about hypnosis
Category:1949 English-language films
Category:American crossover films
Category:Films set in hotels