Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Hugh Wedlock, Jr. Howard Snyder John Grant
Story by	Hugh Wedlock Jr. Howard Snyder
Produced by	Robert Arthur
Starring	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Milton Schwarzwald
Production company	Universal-International[1]
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date	August 22, 1949 (1949-08-22) (United States)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$744,245[2]
Box office	$1,850,000[3][4]

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff^[a] is a 1949 horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff.

In 1956, the film was re-released by Realart Pictures as a double feature with Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

The film is set in a hotel. Following the murder of a prominent lawyer within the hotel, the hotel's bellboy is kept in custody at his room. The other suspects in the murder case manipulate him into signing a false confession, and then try to eliminate him. Meanwhile, the corpses of two more victims are found hidden in the bellboy's closet.

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