Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1964-01-22

Languageen

Runtime1h 24m

Production

Alta Vista Productions

6.5(171)

•1964•1h 24m

The Comedy of Terrors

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.

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Writing & Screenplay

Richard Matheson

Cinematography

Principal Cast

17 credited

Vincent Price

Vincent PriceWaldo Trumbull

Peter Lorre

Peter LorreFelix Gillie

Boris Karloff

Boris KarloffAmos Hinchley

Joyce Jameson

Joyce JamesonAmaryllis Trumbull

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. BrownCemetery Keeper

Beverly Powers

Beverly PowersMrs. Phipps

Basil Rathbone

Basil RathboneJohn F. Black

Alan DeWittRiggs

Buddy MasonMr. Phipps

Douglas WilliamsDoctor

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