The Boogie Man Will Get You

Oct 22, 1942

1h 7m

★ 6.1

IT'S A CHILLER-DILLER OF A MAYHEM-AND-MERRIMENT SHOW!

Overview

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

Genres

Comedy

Horror

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Prof. Nathaniel Billings

Boris Karloff

Dr. Arthur Lorentz

Peter Lorre

Maxie

Maxie Rosenbloom

Winnie Slade

Jeff Donnell

Bill Layden

Larry Parks

Amelia Jones

Maude Eburne

J. Gilbert Brampton

Don Beddoe

Ebenezer

George McKay

Mr. Johnson

Eddie Laughton

Silvio Baciagalupi

Frank Puglia

Officer Fred

Frank Mitchell

Trooper Quincy

James C. Morton

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