The Comedy of Terrors
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The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 horror-comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur, featuring Basil Rathbone alongside Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a macabre farce about an unscrupulous undertaker.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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horror-comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| character |
Amaryllis Trumbull
NERFINISHED
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Amos Hinchley NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Gillie ⓘ John F. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Waldo Trumbull ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Floyd Crosby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jacques Tourneur ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Anthony Carras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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comedy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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greed ⓘ macabre farce ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Les Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone in a horror-comedy ensemble ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An unscrupulous undertaker resorts to murder to keep his funeral business going. ⓘ |
| producer |
James H. Nicholson
NERFINISHED
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Samuel Z. Arkoff ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Alta Vista Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1963-10-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| setting | 19th-century New England ⓘ |
| starring |
Basil Rathbone
NERFINISHED
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Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Jameson NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Comedy of Terrors self-link ⓘ |
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