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A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
Jeff Donnell
- Winnie Slade
- (as Miss Jeff Donnell)
Don Beddoe
- J. Gilbert Brampton
- (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
- Amelia Jones
- (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
- Alarm Clock Salesman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
- Mr. Johnson
- (uncredited)
George McKay
- Ebenezer
- (uncredited)
Patrick McVey
- Munitions Plant Road Guard
- (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
- Fred - the Cop
- (uncredited)
James C. Morton
- Trooper Fred Quincy
- (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
- Silvio Baciagalupi - The Human Bomb
- (uncredited)
Frank Sully
- Police Officer Joe Starrett
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe plot of this film has strong similarities to Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), in which both Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre were previously associated - Karloff appeared in the theatrical original (and at least three television adaptations) while Lorre co-starred in the film version.
- GoofsJeff Donnell's Winnie slips and calls Peter Lorre "Professor Lorre", not Lorenz, and it remains in the film.
- Quotes
Dr. Lorenz: And if you ever need anything, like medical attention, or fire insurance, or a marriage performed, or a loan, perhaps? I should be delighted to oblige.
Winnie Slade: Doesn't anybody else do anything in Jinxville?
Dr. Lorenz: Oh, they... they vote once a year.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You: 6 out of 10: If Ma and Pa Kettle ever did Arsenic and Old Lace it would be this movie. Very very silly and occasionally quite funny the Boogie Man has a couple of big faults. The supporting cast is mixed at best and the ending is a mess.
It also has two great assets, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Karloff is spot on as the bumbling well meaning murdering scientist. Whose experiments on traveling salesman to create super-soldiers for the war effort are both well meaning and quite homicidal.
Peter Lorre is hilarious as the Mayor, Police Chief, Undertaker, Notary, excreta. He dresses in a three piece suit with a Siamese kitten in his pocket to which he coos in German.
Watching these two together is pure entertainment and certainly worth a viewing. The rest of the movie is light, frothy, derivative, and occasionally irritating. Just watch the stars at work and forget the rest.
It also has two great assets, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Karloff is spot on as the bumbling well meaning murdering scientist. Whose experiments on traveling salesman to create super-soldiers for the war effort are both well meaning and quite homicidal.
Peter Lorre is hilarious as the Mayor, Police Chief, Undertaker, Notary, excreta. He dresses in a three piece suit with a Siamese kitten in his pocket to which he coos in German.
Watching these two together is pure entertainment and certainly worth a viewing. The rest of the movie is light, frothy, derivative, and occasionally irritating. Just watch the stars at work and forget the rest.
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- juliankennedy23
- Nov 5, 2006
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- Que viene el coco
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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