Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
- Mrs. Phipps
- (as Beverly Hills)
- Riggs
- (as Alan De Witt)
- Riggs
- (uncredited)
- Mourner
- (uncredited)
- Man Knocked Down on Street
- (uncredited)
- Mourner
- (uncredited)
- Mourner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaBoris 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. As such Karloff was switched to the part of Mr. Hinchley and Basil Rathbone was brought in to play Black.
- GoofsAfter his murder of Mr. Phipps, Trumbull waits inside the horse-drawn hearse. He is shown lying width-wise with his knees drawn up, with black or purple draperies completely covering the inside, while the top half of Gillie can be seen sitting in the driver's seat through a large square opening in the front of the hearse. However, in all other shots of the hearse, no draperies can be, seen through the frosted glass, the hearse itself is not wide enough to accommodate a person lying that way, and there is no window in the front behind the driver; the roof of the hearse reaches up only to the middle of the driver's back.
- Quotes
Felix Gillie: And what if I tell them the truth and say it was all your idea in the first place?
Trumbull: Mr. Gillie... Felix... friend... I put it to you, who in your discerning estimation are the police most likely to believe, hm? Mr. W. Trumble, respected local citizen and entrepreneur of death, or Mr. Felix Gillie... wanted fugitive and confessed bank robber?
Felix Gillie: I never confessed!
[pause, then]
Felix Gillie: They just proved it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood and the Stars: Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964)
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- The Graveside Story
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1