The Comedy of Terrors (1964) |
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| Director(s) | Jacques Tourneur |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Horror |
Featured Cast of The Comedy of Terrors See More »
Vincent Price
(as Waldo Trumbull)
Peter Lorre
(as Felix Gillie)
Boris Karloff
(as Amos Hinchley)
Joyce Jameson
(as Amaryllis Trumbull)
Joe E. Brown
(as Cemetery Keeper)
Basil Rathbone
(as Mr. John F. Black)
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The Comedy of Terrors (1964) was a Comedy - Horror Film directed by Jacques Tourneur .
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The Comedy of Terrors Quotes:
Amos Hinchley:
[giving eulogy for John F. Black] And so, my friends, we find ourselves gathered around the bier of Mrs... er... Mr... You Know Whom... this litter of sorrow, this cairn, this cromlech, this dread dochma, this gart, this mastaba, this sorrowing tope, this unhappy tumulus, this, this... what is the word?... this... er, coffin! Never could think of that word. Requiescat in Pace, Mr... um... Mr... the memory of your good deeds will not perish with your untimely sepulture.
Felix Gillie:
[talking about Amarylliis' singing during Mr. Black's funeral service] I wish she would have picked another song.
Waldo Trumbull: I wish her vocal cords would snap.
Waldo Trumbull: I wish her vocal cords would snap.
Waldo Trumbull:
To... uh... paraphrase the venerable adage: we shall kill two birds, with one... pillow.
Felix Gillie:
[he and Trumbuill and sitting on the coffin, trying to keep it closed and referring to Mr. Black, who's inside the coffin] For a man in his condition, he has a lot of energy!
Waldo Trumbull: The stubborn old crackpot! I could have sworn that he was dead!
Felix Gillie: It's about time!
Waldo Trumbull: I've never had such an uncooperative customer in my life!
Waldo Trumbull: The stubborn old crackpot! I could have sworn that he was dead!
Felix Gillie: It's about time!
Waldo Trumbull: I've never had such an uncooperative customer in my life!
Amaryllis Trumbull:
If my father chose to spend his hard-earned money in the collection of curious objects...
Waldo Trumbull: [interrupting] He did more than collect curious objects, madam, he also fathered one!
See More Quotes from The Comedy of TerrorsWaldo Trumbull: [interrupting] He did more than collect curious objects, madam, he also fathered one!
The Comedy of Terrors Facts
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Completed September 1963.
Boris Karloff was originally hired to play John F. Black but it soon became clear that his severe arthritis would not permit him to undertake such a strenuous role. Karloff was switched to the part of Mr. Hinchley, and Basil Rathbone was brought in to play Black.