The Comedy of Terrors

"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."

Cast

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

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Richard Matheson

Screenplay

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Producer

James H. Nicholson

Producer

Anthony Carras

Editor

Les Baxter

Original Music Composer

Floyd Crosby

Director of Photography

Daniel Haller

Production Design

Daniel Haller

Art Direction

Harry Reif

Set Decoration

Marjorie Corso

Costume Design

Pat Dinga

Special Effects

Richard Matheson

Novel

Elsie Lee

Novel

Anthony Carras

Co-Producer

Joe Wonder

Production Manager

Al Simms

Music Coordinator

Eve Newman

Music Editor

Milton Lustig

Music Editor

Kay Rose

Sound Editor

James Nelson

Sound Editor

Harold Hazen

Assistant Editor

Robert Agnew

Assistant Director

Don Rush

Sound

Harry Sundby

Lighting Coordinator

Richard Matheson

Associate Producer

Carlie Taylor

Makeup Artist

Betty Pedretti

Hairdresser

Verne Langdon

Prosthetics

Karl Brainard

Property Master

John Ceniga

Props

Donald C. Glouner

Visual Effects Producer

Harvey Parry

Stunt Double

Jesse Wayne

Stunts

Les Baxter

Conductor

Harry Betts

Musician

Albert Harris

Orchestrator

Thomas Z. Shepard

Musician

Jack W. Cash

Production Assistant

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Presenter

James H. Nicholson

Presenter