1964

1h 24m

6.5(156 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Crime

Overview

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Vincent Price

Waldo Trumbull

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Peter Lorre

Felix Gillie

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Boris Karloff

Amos Hinchley

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Joyce Jameson

Amaryllis Trumbull

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Joe E. Brown

Cemetery Keeper

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Beverly Powers

Mrs. Phipps

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Basil Rathbone

John F. Black

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Alan DeWitt

Riggs

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Buddy Mason

Mr. Phipps

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Douglas Williams

Doctor

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Linda Rogers

Phipps' Maid

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Luree Holmes

Black's Servant

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Orangey the Cat

Cleopatra

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Paul Barselou

Riggs (uncredited)

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Lovyss Bradley

Mourner (uncredited)

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Crew

Harvey Parry

Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)

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Charles Soldani

Mourner (uncredited)

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Fred Walton

Mourner (uncredited)

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