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.
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
funeral
cat
poison
coffin
undertaker
new england
troubled marriage
19th century
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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
Luree Holmes
Black's Servant
Paul Barselou
Riggs (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Man Knocked Down on Street (uncredited)
Crew
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Richard Matheson
Screenplay
Les Baxter
Original Music Composer
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer
Daniel Haller
Production Design
Daniel Haller
Art Direction
Richard Matheson
Novel
Richard Matheson
Associate Producer
Harvey Parry
Stunt Double
Les Baxter
Conductor
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Presenter
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
skinnyzyo
7.0★ · 03/28/26
I love silly Vincent Price
I love silly Vincent Price
Soob.iez
8.0★ · 02/27/26
don’t caress it climb it! 🧗
don’t caress it climb it! 🧗
Kenny
8.0★ · 11/11/25
If I don’t jump up from my coffin reciting Macbeth you know I’m dead Vincent Price in this is so me; I’m also an alcoholic funeral director in crippling debt
Gille: “*It is better in the dark.” Trumbull: “What is, decapitation?”*
If I don’t jump up from my coffin reciting Macbeth you know I’m dead Vincent Price in this is so me; I’m also an alcoholic funeral director in crippling debt
Gille: “*It is better in the dark.” Trumbull: “What is, decapitation?”*
Maranda
6.0★ · 10/21/25
I love Vincent price but I fear I love Rhubarb more
I love Vincent price but I fear I love Rhubarb more
christy
7.0★ · 04/18/25
trumbull is a little too unlikeable
edit: I decided to add a half star and heart for felix
trumbull is a little too unlikeable
edit: I decided to add a half star and heart for felix
