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The Comedy of Terrors
6.5(173)19641h 24m
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
- Writers
- Richard Matheson
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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
Alan DeWitt
Riggs
Buddy Mason
Mr. Phipps
Douglas Williams
Doctor
Linda Rogers
Phipps' Maid
Luree Holmes
Black's Servant
Paul Barselou
Riggs (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Mourner (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)
Charles Soldani
Mourner (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Mourner (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Robert AgnewAssistant Director
Writing
- Richard MathesonScreenplay
- Richard MathesonNovel
- Elsie LeeNovel
Production
- Samuel Z. ArkoffProducer
- James H. NicholsonProducer
- Anthony CarrasCo-Producer
- Joe WonderProduction Manager
- Richard MathesonAssociate Producer
- Jack W. CashProduction Assistant
Camera
- Floyd CrosbyDirector of Photography
Editing
- Anthony CarrasEditor
- Harold HazenAssistant Editor
Sound
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
- Al SimmsMusic Coordinator
- Eve NewmanMusic Editor
- Milton LustigMusic Editor
- Kay RoseSound Editor
- James NelsonSound Editor
- Don RushSound
- Les BaxterConductor
- Harry BettsMusician
- Albert HarrisOrchestrator
- Thomas Z. ShepardMusician
Art
- Daniel HallerProduction Design
- Daniel HallerArt Direction
- Harry ReifSet Decoration
- Karl BrainardProperty Master
- John CenigaProps
Costume & Make-Up
- Marjorie CorsoCostume Design
- Carlie TaylorMakeup Artist
- Betty PedrettiHairdresser
- Verne LangdonProsthetics
Visual Effects
- Donald C. GlounerVisual Effects Producer
Crew
- Pat DingaSpecial Effects
- Harvey ParryStunt Double
- Jesse WayneStunts
- Samuel Z. ArkoffPresenter
- James H. NicholsonPresenter
Lighting
- Harry SundbyLighting Coordinator