Movie

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

MORE GHOULISH GLEE THAN WHEN THEY MET FRANKENSTEIN!

1949★ 6.6 · 591h 24mComedyHorrorMystery

Overview

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).

Trailer

Trailer · Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Watch on YouTube ↗

Images

Backdrops & posters from TMDB

13 images

Cast

Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur

Lou Costello
as Freddie Phillips

Marjorie Bennett
as Second Maid (uncredited)

James Flavin
as Insp. Wellman

Bud Abbott
as Casey Edwards

Claire Du Brey
as Mrs. Grimsby

William H. O'Brien
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Alan Mowbray
as Melton

Billy Gray
as Boy With Bow and Arrow (uncredited)

Roland Winters
as T. Hanley Brooks

Percy Helton
as Abernathy

Donna Martell
as Betty Crandall

Information

Community

6.6/ 10

59 TMDB votes

6.6

Your rating

Saved in this browser · counts toward collection progress

Release date: 1949-05-26

Budget: $686,000

Runtime: 1h 24m

Genres

ComedyHorrorMystery

Where to watch

Availability via TMDB / JustWatch

Country

Logos show where this title is listed (stream, rent, or buy). TMDB does not provide direct links into Netflix or other apps — use the button below to open TMDB’s watch page (JustWatch data) for this country.

Open watch options on TMDB

RentTransactional rental

Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

BuyDigital purchase

Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

Availability via TMDB / JustWatch. The button opens TMDB’s watch page for this title — not the streaming app itself.