The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors (1964)


  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Crime
  • Release Date: 1964-01-22
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 150 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Alta Vista Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jacques Tourneur
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Summary

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.

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  • Vincent Price

    as Waldo Trumbull
  • Peter Lorre

    as Felix Gillie
  • Boris Karloff

    as Amos Hinchley
  • Joyce Jameson

    as Amaryllis Trumbull
  • Joe E. Brown

    as Cemetery Keeper
  • Beverly Powers

    as Mrs. Phipps
  • Basil Rathbone

    as John F. Black
  • Alan DeWitt

    as Riggs
  • Buddy Mason

    as Mr. Phipps
  • Douglas Williams

    as Doctor
  • Linda Rogers

    as Phipps' Maid
  • Luree Holmes

    as Black's Servant
  • Orangey the Cat

    as Cleopatra
  • Paul Barselou

    as Riggs (uncredited)
  • Lovyss Bradley

    as Mourner (uncredited)
  • Harvey Parry

    as Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)
  • Charles Soldani

    as Mourner (uncredited)
  • Fred Walton

    as Mourner (uncredited)
Crew Pat Dinga Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Marjorie Corso Costume Design
Sound Les Baxter Original Music Composer
Art Harry Reif Set Decoration
Production Samuel Z. Arkoff Producer
Editing Anthony Carras Editor
Directing Jacques Tourneur Director
Art Daniel Haller Production Design
Camera Floyd Crosby Director of Photography
Writing Richard Matheson Screenplay
Production James H. Nicholson Producer
Art Daniel Haller Art Direction
Writing Elsie Lee Novel
Writing Richard Matheson Novel
Production Anthony Carras Co-Producer
Sound Eve Newman Music Editor
Production Joe Wonder Production Manager
Sound Al Simms Music Coordinator
Sound Milton Lustig Music Editor
Sound Kay Rose Sound Editor
Directing Robert Agnew Assistant Director
Production Richard Matheson Associate Producer
Lighting Harry Sundby Lighting Coordinator
Sound James Nelson Sound Editor
Sound Don Rush Sound
Editing Harold Hazen Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up Carlie Taylor Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Betty Pedretti Hairdresser
Costume & Make-Up Verne Langdon Prosthetics
Art Karl Brainard Property Master
Art John Ceniga Props
Visual Effects Donald C. Glouner Visual Effects Producer
Crew Harvey Parry Stunt Double
Crew Jesse Wayne Stunts
Sound Les Baxter Conductor
Sound Harry Betts Musician
Sound Albert Harris Orchestrator
Sound Thomas Z. Shepard Musician
Production Jack W. Cash Production Assistant
Crew Samuel Z. Arkoff Presenter
Crew James H. Nicholson Presenter