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The Comedy of Terrors
( Comedy / Crime / Horror )


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MPAA Rating:
Unrated

US Runtime: 84 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jan 22, 1964   [USA]
 
Director: Jacques Tourneur   [Director]
 
Writer: Richard Matheson   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff   [Producer]
Anthony Carras   [Co-Producer]
Richard Matheson   [Associate Producer]
James H. Nicholson   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Floyd Crosby   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Anthony Carras   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Les Baxter   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Daniel Haller   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Marjorie Corso   [Costume Design]
 
Production Company: Alta Vista Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.

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
Orangey the Cat
Cleopatra
 

Uncredited Cast:


Paul Barselou
Riggs (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Mourner (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)
 
Charles Soldani
Mourner (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Mourner (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Harvey Parry
Stunt Double
 
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


James Nelson
Sound Editor
Kay Rose
Sound Editor
 
Don Rush
Sound
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Pat Dinga
Special Effects
 
Donald C. Glouner
Visual Effects Producer
 
 

Art Department:


Karl Brainard
Property Master
John Ceniga
Props
 
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
 

Directing Crew:


Robert Agnew
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Harry Sundby
Lighting Coordinator
 
 

Other Crew:


Samuel Z. Arkoff
Presenter
 
James H. Nicholson
Presenter
 
 

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