Bud Abbott Chick Young
Lou Costello Wilbur Grey
Lon Chaney Lawrence Talbot, The Wolfman
Bela Lugosi Count Dracula/Dr. Lajos
Glenn Strange The Frankenstein Monster
Lenore Aubert Dr. Sandra Mornay
Jane Randolph Joan Raymond, Insurance Investigator
Frank Ferguson Mr. McDougal, House of Horrors Owner
Charles Bradstreet Dr. Stevens, Sandra's Assistant
Harry Brown Photographer
Joe Kirk Man at Costume Party in Fez
Howard Negley Harris, Insurance Man
Vincent Price Invisible Man (voice)
Carl Sklover Man at Costume Party
Helen Spring Woman at Baggage Counter
Paul Stader Sergeant
Produced by Robert Arthur; Directed by Charles T. Barton; Screenplay by
Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo and John Grant. Original music by Frank
Skinner; Cinematography by Charles Van Enger; Film Editing by Frank
Gross; Art Direction by Hilyard Brown and Bernard Herzbrun; Set
Decoration by Oliver Emert and Russell A. Gausman; Costume Design by
Grace Houston; Makeup Artist, Bud Westmore; Hair Stylist, Carmen Dirigo;
Production Manager, Henry Spitz; Assistant Director, Joseph E. Kenny;
Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey and Robert Pritchard; Special Effects
Photography by Jerome Ash and David S. Horsley; Special Effects by
Fred Knoth; Stunts by Eddie Parker; Script Supervisor, B. Abbott;
Still Photographer, Glen Adams; Camera Operator, Robert Pierce;
Orchestrator, David Tamkin. Production date: February 5 -- March 26,
1948; Released June 15, 1948.
The story:
Working their way to Florida as baggage clerks, Chick Young and Wilbur Brown deliver to McDougal's House of Horrors two crates containing the remains of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster.
The two "corpses" come alive and Joan Raymond, an insurance agent, follows Chick and Wilbur in an attempt to find the "bodies."
Chick and Wilbur are contacted by Lawrence Talbot, who confides he is the Wolf Man, but his affliction hits only when the full moon rises. He says he has followed Dracula from Europe to prevent him from transferring a new brain into the Frankenstein Monster. Chick thinks Talbot is slightly insane, but Wilbur has seen enough to encourage their joining forces.
At a masquerade ball, Wilbur is kidnapped by Dracula and a lovely creature named Sandra, who just happens to be Dracula's chief aide, and taken to a nearby island where they prepare to remove Wilbur's harmless little brain and replace it with the Monster's gray matter.
Chick and Wolf Man Talbot realize Wilbur is missing and go to the castle to rescue their chum. Chick knocks out Sandra and while Talbot is releasing Wilbur, the full moon rises and Talbot turns into the Wolf Man, chases Dracula off a cliff, plunging after him.
Chick and Wilbur are leaving quietly when the Frankenstein Monster, powered by electric plasma, comes to life and starts after them. They clamber into a rowboat and attempt to head for deep water, the Monster in hot pursuit. A fire breaks out and the Monster is engulfed in the flames at the edge of the pier. Chick and Wilbur, thinking everything is fine now, then discover the Invisible Man is also in the rowboat, and dive into the water.
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