One Body Too Many

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Another of Jack Haley's comedy vehicles for Pine-Thomas productions, One Body Too Many casts Haley as timid insurance salesman Albert Tuttle. Much against his better judgment, Tuttle makes a business call at a sinister old mansion, intending to sell life insurance to the owner. He proves a bit late, inasmuch as the owner has just kicked the bucket. The mansion is full of avaricious relatives, who are obliged by the dictates of the decedent's will to remain in the house until the authorities claim the body. Realizing that dead man's niece Carol (Jean Parker) is a damsel in all kinds of distress, Albert decides to stick around to keep Carol from meeting her uncle's fate. Though there's a murder-mystery angle in One Body too Many, the audience knows who didn't do it the moment Bela Lugosi shows up as a butler.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Frank McDonald
Written By:

Maxwell Shane, Winston Miller
In Theaters:

Nov 24, 1944 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 15, 2005
Runtime:

75 minutes
Studio:

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Jack Haley
as Albert L. Tuttle

Jean Parker
as Carole Dunlap

Bela Lugosi
as Merkil

Blanche Yurka
as Matthews

Bernard Nedell
as Atty. Gellman

Douglas Fowley
as Henry Rutherford

Dorothy Granger
as Mona

Lyle Talbot
as Jim Davis

Lucien Littlefield
as Kenneth

Fay Helm
as Estelle

Maxine Fife
as Margaret

William Edmunds
as the Professor

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Critic Reviews for One Body Too Many

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Forgettable Old Dark House mystery tale.

May 10, 2007 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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Audience Reviews for One Body Too Many

Oct 04, 2018

As Abbott & Costello (and also Bob Hope) discovered, spoofing spooky sold to the yokels, and viola!, Jack Haley mines the same in this riff on the one-of-the-people-in-this-house-is-a-murderer convention. Haley is not as swift with the yuks as those previously mentioned, but the supporting cast sort of makes up for it. The best? Oy, it's Lugosi, as the butler with murder on his mind ... a hoot.

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

First of all, I need to see this movie again, but I remember it being good. I saw this for Lugosi, and I think he was good in it, but like I said, I should see this again.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Jun 05, 2007

This movie is kinda cheesy, but I LOVE it!

Valerie G Super Reviewer