One Body Too Many

One Body Too Many is a 1944 film about an insurance investigator who arrives at a creepy mansion to protect a millionaire who has had death threats made against him.

Directed by Frank McDonald. Written by Winston Miller and Maxwell Shane.

A shudder a second! A laugh a minute!  (taglines)

Dialogue

Insurance agent: [on the phone] Yeah, yeah, I know. But call me tomorrow. I gotta get outta here. [hangs up] Hey, Tuttle. I got a date for you tonight. Dot's cousin just got into town and you and I...

Albert Tuttle: I already have an engagement. I've had it for over a month: with Cyrus J. Rutherford.

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Murkil: Would you care for the last cup of coffee, sir?

Albert Tuttle: Yes, I would. What kind of coffee is this? You know, there are two classes of coffee, Murkil. There's the percolated and there's the drip.

Murkil: This is percolated.

Albert Tuttle: Sorry, I'm a drip.

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Matthews: Such fine coffee.

Murkil: Isn't it?

Carol Dunlap: Oh, Albert!

Taglines

• A Chill and Chuckle Chase
• A shudder a second! A laugh a minute!
• YOU'LL DIE SCREAMING WITH...Laughter!
• The Murder Mystery of the Season!

Cast

• Jack Haley — Albert L. Tuttle
• Jean Parker — Carol Dunlap
• Bela Lugosi — Merkil
• Blanche Yurka — Matthews
• Lyle Talbot — Jim Davis
• Douglas Fowley — Henry Rutherford
• Fay Helm — Estelle Hopkins
• Bernard Nedell — Attorney Morton Gellman
• Lucien Littlefield — Kenneth Hopkins
• Dorothy Granger — Mona Rutherford

External links

• One Body Too Many quotes at the Internet Movie Database