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Scared Stiff

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Scared Stiff
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1hr 48min
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1953
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Synopsis: Scared Stiff is the 1953 remake of the 1940 Bob Hope-Paulette Goddard vehicle The Ghost Breakers, reupholstered for the talents of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. While Martin handles the straight plot scenes, just as Hope did in the earlier film, the Hope-like wisecracks are fairly evenly divided between Martin and Lewis. Lewis is for the most part relegated to the secondary role played by black comedian Willie Best in Ghost Breakers, with a few opportunities for his manic specialties: his personal ... Full Synopsis
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Scared Stiff is kind of a mess of a movie, which probably won't matter too much to fans of the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis team. As a matter of fact, several of their films are messy from start to finish, and there are some who maintain that the messier, the better. Stiff is too mild (and not messy enough) to fall into the "better" category, but it's decent enough entertainment. It's also enormously unstructured ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Larry Todd
Myron Myron Metz
Mary Carroll
Carmelita Castina
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