| The Boogie Man Will Get You | |
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Written by | Paul Gangelin (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Edwin Blum |
| Story by | Hal Fimberg Robert B. Hunt |
| Produced by | Colbert Clark |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Peter Lorre |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Richard Fantl |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 American comedy horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production Arsenic and Old Lace. As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a "mad scientist", Professor Billings, who is using the basement of his inn to conduct experiments using electricity to create a race of superhumans. The inn is bought by a new owner, who is initially unaware of the work Billings is conducting.[1]
- ^ Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster : the Authorised Biography. Tomahawk Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-0-9557-6704-3.