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The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors

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.

Release01/22/1964
Age Rating16
Runtime1h 24m
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenresComedy, Horror, Crime
IMDb6.5Rotten Tomatoes100%RT Audience69%3.2Trakt65%TMDb64%

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Writer

Richard Matheson, Elsie Lee

Cast

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Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Waldo Trumbull

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Felix Gillie

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Amos Hinchley

Joyce Jameson

Joyce Jameson

Amaryllis Trumbull

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Cemetery Keeper

Beverly Powers

Beverly Powers

Mrs. Phipps

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

John F. Black

Alan DeWitt

Alan DeWitt

Riggs

Buddy Mason

Buddy Mason

Mr. Phipps

Douglas Williams

Douglas Williams

Doctor

Linda Rogers

Linda Rogers

Phipps' Maid

Luree Holmes

Luree Holmes

Black's Servant

Paul Barselou

Paul Barselou

Riggs (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

Lovyss Bradley

Mourner (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Harvey Parry

Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)

Charles Soldani

Charles Soldani

Mourner (uncredited)

Fred Walton

Fred Walton

Mourner (uncredited)

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