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The Comedy of Terrors(1964)
Status: Released
Date: 1964-01-22
65%
165 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Alta Vista Productions
Movie: The Comedy of Terrors
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vincent Price
Waldo Trumbull
Peter Lorre
Felix Gillie
Boris Karloff
Amos Hinchley
Joyce Jameson
Amaryllis Trumbull
Joe E. Brown
Cemetery Keeper
Beverly Powers
Mrs. Phipps
Basil Rathbone
John F. Black
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