NOTES: Re-issued in the USA in March 1965 as "The Graveside Story".
COMMENT: Here's a farce with truly marvelous cast that provides us with a good few laughs and a few good thrills; but unfortunately the whole affair doesn't quite come off. Just misses the level of excellent entertainment by a whisker. For example, Vincent Price's performance rates as just a little too hammy to be one hundred per cent effective. Admittedly, he can serve up a fair excuse in that the script hands him such a large proportion of the dialogue, he's forced to over-act to save us from boredom.
It does seem pretty obvious in fact that the film was shot quickly by easy-going director Jacques Tourneur, who has left the actors much to their own devices.
Peter Lorre, as always, is a delight to see and hear. The girl playing Price's wife lends top-notch support. And what a joy it is to see Joe E. Brown and hear his famous yell once more!
COMMENT: Here's a farce with truly marvelous cast that provides us with a good few laughs and a few good thrills; but unfortunately the whole affair doesn't quite come off. Just misses the level of excellent entertainment by a whisker. For example, Vincent Price's performance rates as just a little too hammy to be one hundred per cent effective. Admittedly, he can serve up a fair excuse in that the script hands him such a large proportion of the dialogue, he's forced to over-act to save us from boredom.
It does seem pretty obvious in fact that the film was shot quickly by easy-going director Jacques Tourneur, who has left the actors much to their own devices.
Peter Lorre, as always, is a delight to see and hear. The girl playing Price's wife lends top-notch support. And what a joy it is to see Joe E. Brown and hear his famous yell once more!