Scared Stiff (1945)
Laughs...Chills...Howls...Thrills!
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
- Date of release
- 1945-06-22
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Mystery
- Director
- Frank McDonald
Casting
- Jack Haley — Larry Elliot
- Ann Savage — Sally Warren
- Barton MacLane — George 'Deacon' Markham
- Veda Ann Borg — Flo Rosson
- Roger Pryor — Richardson
- George E. Stone — Mink
- Robert Emmett Keane — Prof. Wisner
- Lucien Littlefield — Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck
- Paul Hurst — Sheriff
- Arthur Aylesworth — Emerson Cooke
- Eily Malyon — Mrs. Cooke
- Buddy Swan — Oliver Waldeck
Interesting facts
Scared Stiff is a 1945 American comedic murder mystery directed by Frank McDonald for Pine-Thomas Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Jack Haley, Ann Savage and Barton MacLane.
Production
Principal photography under the working title of You'll Be the Death of Me Yet on the production began in early November 1944.
Jack Haley had been signed to a multi-picture contract with Pine-Thomas in 1944. Pine-Thomas were so pleased with Ann Savage that they signed her to a three-film contract.
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