VHS : Abbott & Costello: Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

Abbott & Costello: Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Gar Moore, Lénore Aubert
directed by: Charles Barton




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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783209609
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 0783209606
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: May 09, 1995
Running Time: 84 minutes
Sales Rank: 692
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1949



















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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - GREAT TEAM
WORTH THE MONEY
WHO DINT LOVE THIS SHOW , THIS SHOW WAS GREAT
I LOVE THIS VHS, BRINGS BACK LAUGHTER AND MEMORYS AND YOU NEVER GET BORED WITH IT,



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Murder at the Resort Hotel
It was a dark and stormy night at the Lost Caverns Hotel. A famous lawyer visits this hotel, and asks for Mr. Strickland. Bellboy Freddy makes mistakes, and is fired. He threatens the lawyer. Casey the detective now carries luggage for this important guest. When Freddy goes to apologize he finds the lawyer is dead! The hotel manager tries to prevent this bad news from getting out, but Freddy spills the beans. Could the murder weapon be planted to incriminate an innocent man? The police detectives arrive and begin the investigation. Angela visits Freddy and asks him to sign a statement. Then they have cocktails and a comic scene follows. The guests were clients of this famous criminal lawyer and all have something to hide. The mystic tries to hypnotize Freddy and make him do something, but it doesn't work as planned.

Then Freddy finds something in his closet; this leads to a comic disguise. The same thing is found in another closet. The police continue to question people. They try a trick of selling evidence. Freddy can prove his innocence if he becomes the next murder victim! Will the murderer fall for it? Will another body turn up? Freddy gets a call to go to the caverns alone at night and bring the evidence. A mysterious stranger wants the evidence of the handkerchief.

All the guests are assembled in a room for the ending. The questioning reveals the actual murderer for a surprise ending. The reason was to cover up a blackmail scheme.
[The use of murder as a background for comedy was a change from earlier films, which used scenes from daily life.]




Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Killer!
A very good murder mystery. However, this is not the funniest performance Abbott & Costello put on. One of the better stories for an Abbott & Costello movie. This movie reminds me much of "Clue" and has it's similarities to the Pink Panther's "Shot In The Dark". Overall this is a fine movie for murder mystery fans but if you're looking for laughs there aren't as many in this one. Try "Rio Rita", "In The Navy" or "Time Of Their Lives".



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another Good - Who Done It?
Another who done-it with a hotel bellhop Freddie (Lou Costello) and house detective Casey (Bud Abbott) become mixed up in a murder at the "Lost Cavern" hotel. A famous lawyer gets kills and the evidence points to Freddie and as Casey tries to help, Freddie gets into worse trouble. The Swami (Karloff) tries to hypnotize Freddie into killing himself but with his subnormal mentality Freddie can't be hypnotize - at one point Freddie is ask how he want to die and he responds "old age." Finally Freddie is lured to the Lost Caverns and finally chases the real killer back to the hotel.

The movie has lots of laughs with dead bodies turning up and moving around on Freddie. Seeing Lou dress up, as a hotel maid is a sight one must see. Karloff's main scene is when he tries to hypnotize Freddie - his part is not large but effective.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great movie!!
I have rented this movie at least 11 times! Even the children love it. This is one of there best movies!!

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