An undertake with no customers and a penchant for drinking (Vincent Price) falls late by an entire year on his rent. To make ends meet, he does some dirty deeds and makes his business increase.
With Vincent Price starring, Boris Karloff is a smaller supporting role, Basil Rathbone as the antagonist, and Peter Lorre as Price's bumbling sidekick, you know this film has to be great. That is as perfect a cast as you can get for a horror film of its era, and on top of this it was written by Richard Matheson and directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Oh, and Orangey the Cat (credited as Rhubarb) appears, too, who has done a fine number of films, including playing Neutron in "This Island Earth".
There is a Shakespearean undertone (especially given the title is a play on his "Comedy of Errors"), which I think works well for Rathbone in particular, and Price to a lesser degree (both men are classic actors). I almost wish this was more closely tied to Shakespeare, but Matheson can write a great script even without the bard to back him up.
With Vincent Price starring, Boris Karloff is a smaller supporting role, Basil Rathbone as the antagonist, and Peter Lorre as Price's bumbling sidekick, you know this film has to be great. That is as perfect a cast as you can get for a horror film of its era, and on top of this it was written by Richard Matheson and directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Oh, and Orangey the Cat (credited as Rhubarb) appears, too, who has done a fine number of films, including playing Neutron in "This Island Earth".
There is a Shakespearean undertone (especially given the title is a play on his "Comedy of Errors"), which I think works well for Rathbone in particular, and Price to a lesser degree (both men are classic actors). I almost wish this was more closely tied to Shakespeare, but Matheson can write a great script even without the bard to back him up.