Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 American film about two employees of a secluded hotel who investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
- Directed by Charles Barton. Written by John Grant, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., and Howard Snyder.
Freddie Phillips
[edit]- Ain't I a lucky stiff? Lucky stiff? I should've never left Paterson.
Dialogue
[edit]- Casey Edwards: It's Milford. Strickland's secretary.
- Freddie Phillips: What's he hangin' around here for?
- Casey Edwards: He's hang — He's dead, you dope.
- Insp. Wellman: Were you and Relia in cahoots?
- Freddie Phillips: [having seen Relia's body] The last time I saw Relia, he didn't talk to me.
- Insp. Wellman: If I could only find Relia. I could make him talk.
- Freddie Phillips: If you could, that would be a good trick.
- Sgt. Stone: He could make him talk. You don't know Wellman.
- Freddie Phillips: You don't know Relia.
- Abernathy: Things have been awfully dead around here.
- Freddie Phillips: Much deader than you think.
- Casey Edwards: Freddie, where did you that gun?
- Freddie Phillips: I don't know.
- Casey Edwards: Freddie, for the last time! Where did you get that gun?
- Freddie Phillips: I don't know.
- Casey Edwards: Where did you get that gun?
- Freddie Phillips: Hey, that's not fair. You said "for the last time". I answered it.
Taglines
[edit]- Yipes! Those Killer-Dillers are out to get the King of the Killers !
- The maddest spree of Ghoulish Glee since they met . . . Frankenstein !
Cast
[edit]- Bud Abbott — Casey Edwards
- Lou Costello — Freddie Phillips
- Lenore Aubert — Angela Gordon
- Gar Moore — Jeff Wilson
- Donna Martell — Betty Crandall
- Boris Karloff — Swami Talpur
