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.


 * 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.


 * 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