The Comedy of Terrors
1964•1h 24m•6.5•Released
ComedyHorrorCrime
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
Writer
Richard Matheson
Languages
English
Studio
Alta Vista Productions
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)
Production
Company
Alta Vista Productions
Producer
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer
James H. Nicholson
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