''The Busy Body'' is a 1967 American
comedy film directed and produced by
William Castle and based on
Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name. It was
Richard Pryor's film debut.
Plot
George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for
Chicago crime boss Charley Barker. A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, even gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.
George is indirectly responsible when Archie, a mob courier, is killed at a barbecue. After the funeral, Barker instructs George to dig up Archie's body because $500,000 was stuffed inside the lining of each side of a blue suit that an unwitting George personally chose for the burial.
George opens the casket to find it empty, then later occupied by a different corpse. He sets out to retrieve the body and the money before Barker gets angry enough to arrange a funeral for HIM.
Cast
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Sid Caesar as George
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Robert Ryan as Charley
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Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.
A granddaughter of Fra ...
as Margo
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Kay Medford as Ma Norton
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Jan Murray
Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky; October 4, 1916 – July 2, 2006) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game-show host who originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances over se ...
as Murray
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Richard Pryor as Lt. Whitaker
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Dom DeLuise as Kurt
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Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by ''Time'' in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celeb ...
as Mike
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Bill Dana as Archie
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Arlene Golonka as Bobbi
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Charles McGraw as Fred Harwell
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Ben Blue as Felix Rose
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Marty Ingels as Willie
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George Jessel as Mr. Fessel
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Paul Wexler as Mr. Merriwether
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Don Brodie
Don L. Brodie (May 29, 1904 – January 8, 2001) was an American film and television actor.
Early years
The son of Mrs. Lottie Brodie, he attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a profess ...
as Board Member
See also
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List of American films of 1967
This is a list of American films released in 1967.
'' In the Heat of the Night'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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See also
* 1967 in the United States
External links
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References
External links
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1967 films
American independent films
Films based on American novels
Films based on works by Donald E. Westlake
Films directed by William Castle
Films scored by Vic Mizzy
1960s crime comedy films
American crime comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
1967 comedy films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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