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MusicComedyHorror

Scared Stiff

- They're making a spook-tacle of themselves!

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...

Release Date : 1953-04-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesWallis-Hazen Inc.

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Dean Martin

Character Name : Larry Todd

Original Name : Dean Martin

Gender : Male

Jerry Lewis

Character Name : Myron Mertz

Original Name : Jerry Lewis

Gender : Male

Lizabeth Scott

Character Name : Mary Carroll

Original Name : Lizabeth Scott

Gender : Female

Carmen Miranda

Character Name : Carmelita Castinha

Original Name : Carmen Miranda

Gender : Female

George Dolenz

Character Name : Mr. Cortega

Original Name : George Dolenz

Gender : Male

Dorothy Malone

Character Name : Rosie

Original Name : Dorothy Malone

Gender : Female

William Ching

Character Name : Tony Warren

Original Name : William Ching

Gender : Male

Paul Marion

Character Name : Ramon Cariso / Francisco Cariso

Original Name : Paul Marion

Gender : Male

Jack Lambert

Character Name : Zombie

Original Name : Jack Lambert

Gender : Male

Tony Barr

Character Name : Trigger

Original Name : Tony Barr

Gender : Male

Leonard Strong

Character Name : Shorty

Original Name : Leonard Strong

Gender : Male

Henry Brandon

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Henry Brandon

Gender : Male

Hugh Sanders

Character Name : Cop on Pier

Original Name : Hugh Sanders

Gender : Male

Bess Flowers

Character Name : Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Fred Aldrich

Character Name : Dockworker (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Aldrich

Gender : Male

Gertrude Astor

Character Name : Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

Chester Clute

Character Name : Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

Original Name : Chester Clute

Gender : Male

Bing Crosby

Character Name : Skeleton (uncredited)

Original Name : Bing Crosby

Gender : Male

Joe Gray

Character Name : Longshoreman (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Gray

Gender : Male

Earl Holliman

Character Name : Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Earl Holliman

Gender : Male

Bob Hope

Character Name : Skeleton (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Hope

Gender : Male

Kenner G. Kemp

Character Name : Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Kenner G. Kemp

Gender : Male

Harold Miller

Character Name : Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Harold Miller

Gender : Male

Jane Novak

Character Name : Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Jane Novak

Gender : Female

Billy Daniel

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Billy Daniel

Gender : Male

Percy Helton

Character Name : Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Original Name : Percy Helton

Gender : Male

Tom Coleman

Character Name : Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Coleman

Gender : Male

Herschel Graham

Character Name : Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Herschel Graham

Gender : Male

Lyle Latell

Character Name : Ship Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Lyle Latell

Gender : Male

Manuel París

Character Name : Cuban Headwaiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Manuel París

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. Larry Todd (Dean Martin), and Myron Mertz (Jerry Lewis) run a foul of gangster "Shorty" and are forced to flee the hotel when suspicion of murder falls on Larry. Hooking up with heiress Mary Carroll (Lizabeth Scott) who is sailing for Cuba, the guys find that Cuba is one mysterious place, full of weird goings on and Zombies! Scared Stiff was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' ninth picture, a remake of Paramount's 1940 comedy spooker, The Ghost Breakers that starred Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, it's also directed by the same man, George Marshall. Though both Lewis and Martin are on record as saying they didn't want to remake The Ghost Breakers since the Hope movie was fine the way it is. The guys were bound to do it by their Paramount contract, and thus producer Hal B. Wallis, rightly assuming that it was viable material for the duo, got the film made. In the pantheon of Martin/Lewis films, Scared Stiff ranks as one of the better efforts that the guys did. Larks and songs and a Carmen Miranda cameo make up the main body of Scared Stiff. Standard slap-stick to none fans of the intrepid duo, but essential viewing for those that have a kink for such shenanigans. From a ventriloquist dummy skit to Lewis' delightful take on Miranda, and containing an hilarious sequence with Jerry stuck in a trunk, there's enough guffaws to keep the grin on ones face. Fans of the singing side of Deano are however short changed here, and there is no getting away from the fact that Scared Stiff is ultimately a rushed cash in job. So with that in mind newcomers to the pair are advised to possibly give the film a miss and head for the likes of Artists And Models and Hollywood or Bust instead. 7/10