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Scared Stiff( 1953)

TV-MAMusicComedyHorror
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They're making a spook-tacle of themselves!

Overview

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dean Martin

      Larry Todd

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      Jerry Lewis

      Myron Mertz

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      Lizabeth Scott

      Mary Carroll

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      Carmen Miranda

      Carmelita Castinha

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      George Dolenz

      Mr. Cortega

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      Dorothy Malone

      Rosie

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      William Ching

      Tony Warren

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      Paul Marion

      Ramon Cariso / Francisco Cariso

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      Jack Lambert

      Zombie

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      Tony Barr

      Trigger

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      Leonard Strong

      Shorty

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      Henry Brandon

      Pierre

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      Hugh Sanders

      Cop on Pier

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      Bess Flowers

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Fred Aldrich

      Dockworker (uncredited)

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      Gertrude Astor

      Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)

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      Chester Clute

      Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

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      Bing Crosby

      Skeleton (uncredited)

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      Joe Gray

      Longshoreman (uncredited)

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      Earl Holliman

      Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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      Bob Hope

      Skeleton (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Jane Novak

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Billy Daniel

      Dancer

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      Percy Helton

      Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Mon Jul 13 2020
    It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. Larry Todd (Dean Martin), and Myron Mertz (Jerry Lewis) run a foul of gangster "Shorty" and are forced to flee the hotel when suspicion of murder falls on Larry. Hooking up with heiress Mary Carroll (Lizabeth Scott) who is sailing for Cuba, the guys find that Cuba is one mysterious place, full of weird goings on and Zombies! Scared Stiff was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' ninth picture, a remake of Paramount's 1940 comedy spooker, The Ghost Breakers that starred Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, it's also directed by the same ma...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nightclub
    • haunting
    • zombie