The Undertaker and His Pals

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Main Details

  • Released in 1966
  • Color
  • Running Time: 63 Min.
  • Production Co: Eola Pictures
  • Distribution Co: Howco International Pictures (1966) (USA) (theatrical) | Cinema Services Ltd. (1969) (Canada) (theatrical) | Geneni Film Distributors (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
  • Marvin Films (1972) (USA: East Coast) (theatrical) (re-release)
  • Directed by T.L.P. Swicegood
  • Written by T.L.P. Swicegood
  • Starring Ray Dannis, Warrene Ott, James Westmoreland, Marty Friedman, Sally Frei, Rick Cooper
  • Produced by David C. Graham, Alejandro Grattan
  • Original Music by Johnny White
  • Cinematography by Andrew Janczak
  • Film Editing by Thomas Luther

Plot Summary

  • An undertaker and his two friends, who are restaurant owners, drum up business by going out on the town and killing people; the restaurant owners use parts of the bodies for their menu, and the undertaker gets paid by the families to bury the remainder. Their racket goes awry when 2 detectives suspect that something isn't quite kosher.

Tagline

  • Filmed in Blood Curdling Color
  • A macabre story of two motorcycle-riding, knife-wielding, shiv-shaving, eye-gouging, arm-twisting, chain-lashing, scalpel-flashing, acid-throwing, gun-shooting, bone-breaking, pathological nuts and their pal the UNDERTAKER...
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