The Busy Body
1967 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Sid Caesar plays a bumbling gopher to mob boss Robert Ryan who discovers a large theft of mob money. His bookkeeper is killed shortly before he can reveal the thief. When the discovery is made, Ryan suspects Caesar as the culprit, and probable murderer of the bookkeeper. Caesar spends the rest of the movie trying to find the real killer and a corpse buried in a suit lined with the stolen money.
Direction William Castle
Cast Sid Caesar · Robert Ryan · Anne Baxter · Kay Medford · Jan Murray · Richard Pryor · Arlene Golonka · Charles McGraw · Ben Blue · Dom DeLuise · Bill Dana · Godfrey Cambridge · Marty Ingels · George Jessel
Soundtrack Vic Mizzy
Screenplay Ben Starr · Donald E. Westlake
Cinematography Harold Stine
Original title The Busy Body
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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