The Noose Hangs High
BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO in the CHOKE of the Century!
6.9(24) 1948-04-05 77 minComedy
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
DirectorCharles Barton
ProducerCharles Barton
Original Music ComposerWalter Schumann
WriterJohn Grant
ScreenplayCharles Grayson
WriterHoward Harris
ScreenplayArthur T. Horman
Cast & characters
Bud Abbott
as Ted Higgins
Lou Costello
as Homer Hinchcliffe
Joseph Calleia
as Nick Craig
Leon Errol
as Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
Cathy Downs
as Carol Blair
Mike Mazurki
as Chuck
Fritz Feld
as Psychiatrist
Elvia Allman
as Woman (uncredited)
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Lois Austin
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
as Messenger (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Tough Driver (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Fainting Psychiatrist's Patient (uncredited)
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Arno Frey
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Ben Hall
as Messenger (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Cop (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Passerby (uncredited)
Joe Kirk
as Gangster (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
as Shatterproof Glass Seller (uncredited)
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William J. O'Brien
as Passerby (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Postman (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph
as Miss Van Buren (uncredited)
