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The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 horror comedy film, directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the Broadway production Arsenic and Old Lace. As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a "mad scientist", Professor Billings, who is using the basement of his inn to conduct experiments into using electricity to create a race of superhumans. The inn is bought by a new owner, who is initially unaware of the work Billings is conducting.
Original Release
10/22/1942
US Release
10/22/1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Prof. Nathaniel Billings |
Peter Lorre | Dr. Arthur Lorencz / Dr. Arthur Lorentz |
Maxie Rosenbloom | Maxie - the Powder Puff Salesman / Maxie |
Larry Parks | Bill Layden |
Jeff Donnell | Winnie Slade |
Don Beddoe | J. Gilbert Brampton |
Maude Eburne | Amelia Jones |
Robert Emmett Keane | Alarm Clock Salesman |
Eddie Laughton | Mr. Johnson |
George McKay | Ebenezer |
Directors
Writers
Hal Fimberg, Robert B. Hunt, Edwin Blum, Paul Gangelin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Prof. Nathaniel Billings |
Peter Lorre | Dr. Arthur Lorencz / Dr. Arthur Lorentz |
Maxie Rosenbloom | Maxie - the Powder Puff Salesman / Maxie |
Larry Parks | Bill Layden |
Jeff Donnell | Winnie Slade |
Don Beddoe | J. Gilbert Brampton |
Maude Eburne | Amelia Jones |
Robert Emmett Keane | Alarm Clock Salesman |
Eddie Laughton | Mr. Johnson |
George McKay | Ebenezer |
Patrick McVey | Munitions Plant Road Guard |
Frank Mitchell | Fred - the Cop / Officer Fred |
James C. Morton | Trooper Fred Quincy / Trooper Quincy |
Frank Puglia | Silvio Baciagalupi - The Human Bomb / Silvio Baciagalupi |
Frank Sully | Police Officer Joe Starrett / Officer Joe Starrett |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Colbert Clark | Producer |