Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
Acting
Karloff playing straight man to Costello's chaos
Writing
Hypnotism scenes that break every logical rule
Practical Effects
Gothic hotel sets on a studio budget
Director
Charles Barton
Bud Abbott
Casey Edwards
Lou Costello
Freddie Phillips
Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
Lenore Aubert
Angela Gordon
Donna Martell
Betty Crandall
Alan Mowbray
Melton
James Flavin
Insp. Wellman
Roland Winters
T. Hanley Brooks
Nicholas Joy
Amos Strickland
Mikel Conrad
Sgt. Stone
Morgan Farley
Gregory Milford
Victoria Horne
Mrs. Hargreave
Percy Helton
Abernathy
Claire Du Brey
Mrs. Grimsby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the last time Karloff played a genuine horror-type character until 1963's The Raven, making it a farewell to his golden-age persona.
The 'Lost Caverns Hotel' elevator scenes were shot on a tilted set so Costello could roll naturally—no stunt double needed for the human bowling ball bit.
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