The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

1964/01/22 • Released • English

Comedy
Horror
Crime
6.4
1h 24m

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

Casts
Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Waldo Trumbull

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Felix Gillie

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Amos Hinchley

Joyce Jameson

Joyce Jameson

Amaryllis Trumbull

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Cemetery Keeper

Beverly Powers

Beverly Powers

Mrs. Phipps

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

John F. Black

Alan DeWitt

Riggs

Buddy Mason

Mr. Phipps

Douglas Williams

Doctor

Linda Rogers

Phipps' Maid

Luree Holmes

Black's Servant

Orangey the Cat

Cleopatra

Paul Barselou

Paul Barselou

Riggs (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

Mourner (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Harvey Parry

Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)

Charles Soldani

Mourner (uncredited)

Fred Walton

Mourner (uncredited)

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