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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1967-03-12
Languageen
Runtime1h 41m
Production

Paramount Pictures, William Castle Productions

7.2(9)
•1967•1h 41m

The Busy Body

ComedyCrimeMystery

Overview

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

Writing & Screenplay
Ben Starr
Cinematography
Harold E. Stine

Principal Cast

23 credited
Sid Caesar
Sid CaesarGeorge Norton
Robert Ryan
Robert RyanCharley Barker
Anne Baxter
Anne BaxterMargo Foster Kane
Kay Medford
Kay MedfordMa Norton
Jan Murray
Jan MurrayMurray Foster
Richard Pryor
Richard PryorWhittaker
Arlene Golonka
Arlene GolonkaBobbi Brody
Charles McGraw
Charles McGrawFred Harwell
Ben Blue
Ben BlueFelix Rose
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuiseKurt Brock

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