Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 comedy horror film starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. The full onscreen title is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.

Prominent criminal attorney Amos Strickland Nicholas Joy checks into the Lost Caverns Resort Hotel. His murdered body is later discovered by the bellboy, Freddie Phillips Lou Costello, who is implicated in the crime. Casey Edwards Bud Abbott, the house detective, tries to clear Freddie, but Inspector Wellman James Flavin and Sgt. Stone Mikel Conrad keep him in custody.Seven of Stricklands former clients happen to be at the resort, and they are all suspects. These former clients are Swami Talpur Boris Karloff, Angela Gordon Lenore Aubert, Mrs. Hargreave Victoria Horne, T. Hanley Brooks Roland Winters, Lawrence Crandall Harry Hayden, Mrs. Grimsby Claire DuBrey and Mike Relia Vincent Renno. They gather for a meeting and decide that they must conceal their pasts and that Freddie must take the blame for Stricklands murder. They try unsuccessfully to get Freddie to sign a confession Angela tries to seduce him but the police stop her when they fear shes poisoned the champagne, then the Swami attempts to hypnotize him into committing suicide but his stupidity saves him. ........

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