The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Lost Caverns Resort Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips gives an empty threat to one attorney Amos Strickland, and is shortly fired. When Freddie visits his guest's suite to apologize, he finds Strickland dead of a gunshot wound. As the investigators file in, Freddie becomes the scapegoat of the guests in the hotel, who all had a bone to pick with Strickland. It's now up to Freddie and Detective Casey Edwards to find out who the real killer is, all the while avoiding the many vigorous and violent villains staying at the resort.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles BartonDirector
- Howard SnyderScreenplay
- Milton SchwarzwaldOriginal Music Composer
- Hugh Wedlock Jr.Screenplay
- John GrantScreenplay
- Oscar BrodneyWriter
Cast
- Bud AbbottCasey Edwards
- Lou CostelloFreddie Phillips
- Boris KarloffSwami Talpur
- Lenore AubertAngela Gordon
- Gar MooreJeff Wilson
- Donna MartellBetty Crandall
- Alan MowbrayMelton
- James FlavinInsp. Wellman
- Roland WintersT. Hanley Brooks
- Nicholas JoyAmos Strickland
- Mikel ConradSgt. Stone
- Morgan FarleyGregory Milford
Stills
Themes
hotelblackmailattempted murderslapstick comedyfemme fatalecross dressingblack and whitescrewball comedyhypnotismmurder investigationelevatormurder plot