Can someone explain this to me?
Throughout the movie, we always know who's guilty. At the end, they arrested the wrong person. Or didn't they?
shareThroughout the movie, we always know who's guilty. At the end, they arrested the wrong person. Or didn't they?
share(spoilers) I think throughout the movie, the makers of this film are purposefully trying to get you to think Karloff is the killer, but at the end, we realize we've been mislead, and it was the Alan Mowbray character all the time.
shareBut throughout the movie he says he's the killer. And we see him doing things. Or am I wrong (I saw this months ago)?
shareHey Vits, here's a link to the plot synopsis, it's a pretty good overview of the story and how the characters fit together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Killer,_Boris_Karloff
The Karloff character doesn't seem to be above committing murder, that's for sure, but in the storyline, he's not THE killer.
Oh! So, he WAS a criminal but didn't commit the murder? And everything he did was so FREDDIE could be blamed, because that's what some people do in panic situations like that?
shareExactly. That whole crew of suspicious people, including Karloff, and the Angela character, didn't murder Strickland, but they were afraid they'd be the obvious suspects, because of their previous connection with Strickland, so they were trying to pin it on Freddie.
shareLets not forget that this is a movie where pheasant on the half shell is ordered.
It's clearly Karloff in the cave, you can make out his accent. Then when they're back in the hotel they say they've found the killer because of the mud. Then it turns out it's not Karloff, which doesn't make sense.
I think the movie is just crazy. Which is why I like it.
I think the movie is just crazy.
I think the makers of the movie wanted us to think it was Karloff as the killer the whole time, and the voice of the villain in the cave is muffled but sounds just enough like Karloff's for us to think it's him, but leave some room for doubt, so they can spring the Alan Mowbray character on us at the end as the murderer.
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