Movie

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Released: May 26, 1949 (1949)

Runtime: 84 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Nicholas Joy as Amos Strickland
Age at release: 65
Boris Karloff as Swami Talpur
Age at release: 61
Alan Mowbray as Melton
Age at release: 52
Bud Abbott as Casey Edwards
Age at release: 51
Roland Winters as T. Hanley Brooks
Age at release: 44
Lou Costello as Freddie Phillips
Age at release: 43
James Flavin as Insp. Wellman
Age at release: 43
Lenore Aubert as Angela Gordon
Age at release: 31
Gar Moore as Jeff Wilson
Age at release: 28
Donna Martell as Betty Crandall
Age at release: 21

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Harry Hayden as Lawrence Crandall
Age at release: 66
William H. O'Brien as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Grimsby
Age at release: 56
Percy Helton as Abernathy
Age at release: 55
Jack Chefe as Barber (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
Bobby Barber as Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
Marjorie Bennett as Second Maid (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
Morgan Farley as Gregory Milford
Age at release: 50
Gail Bonney as First Maid (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Murray Alper as Joe, Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Beatrice Gray as Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Victoria Horne as Mrs. Hargreave
Age at release: 37
Mikel Conrad as Sgt. Stone
Age at release: 29
Billy Gray as Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)
Age at release: 11
Vincent Renno as Mike Relia
Age at release: Unknown
Harry Brown as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Eddie Coke as Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Patricia Hall as Manicurist (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Arthur Hecht as Photographer (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Ed Randolph as Bootblack (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown