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Scared Stiff (1953)

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Scared Stiff is the 1953 remake of the 1940 Bob Hope-Paulette Goddard vehicle The Ghost Breakers, reupholstered for the talents of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. While Martin handles the straight plot scenes, just as Hope did in the earlier film, the Hope-like wisecracks are fairly evenly divided between Martin and Lewis. Lewis is for the most part relegated to the secondary role played by black comedian Willie Best in Ghost Breakers, with a few opportunities for his manic specialties: his

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: George Marshall , Norman Taurog

Written By: Herbert Baker, Walter DeLeon, Ed Simmons, Norman Lear

On DVD: Oct 25, 2005

Cast

Dean Martin
Larry Todd
Jerry Lewis
Myron Myron Metz
Lizabeth Scott
Mary Carroll
Carmen Miranda
Carmelita Castina
Dorothy Malone
Rosie
George Dolenz
Mr. Cortega
William Ching
Tony Warren
Paul Marion
Carriso Twin
Jack Lambert
Zombie
Tom Powers
Police Lieutenant
Tony Barr
Trigger
Leonard Strong
Shorty
Henry Brandon
Pierre
Hugh Sanders
Cop on Pier
Bing Crosby
Himself
Frank Fontaine
Drunk
Earl Holliman
Shima Iwashita
Barbara Bates
Donna Reed
Joseph Calleia

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

Martin and Lewis fans, rejoice!

January 3, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Good Martin and Lewis vehicle enlivened by Carmen Miranda. A reworking of the same director's The Ghost Breakers.

August 27, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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One of Lewis and Mertin's more seldom seen films, and one of their best. Cameos abound in this film.

March 13, 2011

John Yelverton

How the hell would anyone think Jerry Lewis is funny? This is a terrible re-make of The Ghost Breakers. (And the original didn't have pointless singing in it.) The only funny parts are those directly copied from the original. Oh, now I know who Carmen Miranda is.

September 4, 2009