The Noose Hangs High
“BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO in the CHOKE of the Century!”
1948•1h 17m•6.9•Released
Comedy
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Director
Charles Barton
Writer
Howard Harris, John Grant, Charles Grayson, Arthur T. Horman
Languages
English
Studio
Abbott & Costello Productions Inc.
Cast
Bud Abbott
Ted Higgins
Lou Costello
Homer Hinchcliffe
Joseph Calleia
Nick Craig
Leon Errol
Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
Cathy Downs
Carol Blair
Mike Mazurki
Chuck
Fritz Feld
Psychiatrist
Elvia Allman
Woman (uncredited)
Lois Austin
Woman on Street (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
Messenger (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Tough Driver (uncredited)
James Flavin
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Fainting Psychiatrist's Patient (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Production
Company
Abbott & Costello Productions Inc.
Company
Eagle-Lion Films (US)
Producer
Charles Barton
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