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Written by John Chard on July 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 ...
May 31, 2010 · Scared Stiff is a remake of the Old Dark House comedy The Ghost Breakers (1940), which in itself was a remake of a play that had been twice filmed during the silent era (1914 and 1922). The Ghost Breakers was made as a vehicle for Bob Hope just after the success of his Old Dark House comedy The Cat and the Canary (1939) clearly hoping to milk a similar vein.
Henry Brandon. Pierre. Hugh Sanders. Cop on Pier. Bess Flowers. Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Fred Aldrich. Dockworker (uncredited) Gertrude Astor.
Jerry Lewis. I knew his schtick, but it still took me a second to get into the flow of things. Lewis' hilarious mirror reflection bit got me into that flow, but, of course, once it got to the haunted voodoo island, I was in my element and having a blast. I love that nothing makes sense, needs to make sense, or is expected to make sense. I'm ...
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- Paramount Pictures, Wallis-Hazen Inc.
- George Marshall
Scared Stiff is a 1953 American supernatural fiction-themed comedy horror semi-musical film, directed by George Marshall and starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. One of the 17 films made by the Martin and Lewis team, it was released on April 27, 1953 by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker ...
Reviews and Comments. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis get mixed up with gangsters, then with ghosts, in this standard entry in the comedy duo's filmography. Bob Hope did the story better in 1940's The Ghost Breakers, but that's not to say there aren't laughs in this remake. Lizabeth Scott plays the leading lady, and Carmen Miranda provides a couple ...
Scared Stiff ★★★ 1953Fleeing a murder charge, Martin and Lewis find gangsters and ghosts on a Caribbean island. Funny and scary, a good remake of “The Ghost Breakers,” with cameos by Hope and Crosby. ♫San Domingo; Song of the Enchilada Man; Mama Yo Quiero; You Hit the Spot; I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine; I'm Your Pal; When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful. 108m/B VHS .
