One Body Too Many

One Body Too Many (1944)

The Murder Mystery of the Season!

An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.

Date of release
1944-10-27
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Director
Frank McDonald

Casting

Interesting facts

One Body Too Many is a 1944 American comedy horror mystery film directed by Frank McDonald, starring Bela Lugosi, Jack Haley and Lyle Talbot. The film was the second comedy featuring Haley to be produced by Pine-Thomas Productions, part of the studio's new direction towards comedy films. The original intention was to hire Boris Karloff for the film's key horror role, but Lugosi was hired instead.

Production

Pine-Thomas Productions originally specialized in action films but decided to move into comedy and signed Jack Haley to star in movies for the company. This was his second comedy for Pine-Thomas.

Pine and Thomas originally wanted Boris Karloff for the key horror role. Frank McDonald signed to direct in December 1943, when it was known as Too Many Bodies. Eventually Bela Lugosi was signed.

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