Comedy ·Horror ·Crime · United States of America · 1964 · 1h 24m

The Comedy of Terrors

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Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
Vincent Price as Waldo Trumbull Peter Lorre as Felix Gillie Boris Karloff as Amos Hinchley Joyce Jameson as Amaryllis Trumbull Joe E. Brown as Cemetery Keeper Beverly Powers as Mrs. Phipps
Crew
Floyd Crosby — Director of Photography Anthony Carras — Editor Les Baxter — Original Music Composer Richard Matheson — Screenplay Elsie Lee — Novel Richard Matheson — Novel
Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
funeralcatpoisoncoffinundertakernew englandtroubled marriage19th century
Key Collaborators
Jacques Tourneur Director Floyd Crosby Director of Photography Anthony Carras Editor Les Baxter Original Music Composer Richard Matheson Screenplay Elsie Lee Novel Richard Matheson Novel Samuel Z. Arkoff Producer James H. Nicholson Producer Daniel Haller Production Design Marjorie Corso Costume Design
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