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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 454 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 24m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
171 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard MathesonScreenplay
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vincent PriceWaldo Trumbull
- Peter LorreFelix Gillie
- Boris KarloffAmos Hinchley
- Joyce JamesonAmaryllis Trumbull
- Joe E. BrownCemetery Keeper
- Beverly PowersMrs. Phipps
- Basil RathboneJohn F. Black
- Alan DeWittRiggs
- Buddy MasonMr. Phipps
- Douglas WilliamsDoctor
- Linda RogersPhipps' Maid
- Luree HolmesBlack's Servant
Stills
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Themes
funeralcatpoisoncoffinundertakernew englandtroubled marriage19th century
The Best Movies of 1964
The Comedy of Terrors is #36 of 60
