The Busy Body (film)

{{Infobox film

| name=The Busy Body

| image=The busy body film.jpg

| caption = film poster by Frank Frazetta

| starring=Sid Caesar
Robert Ryan
Anne Baxter
Kay Medford
Jan Murray
Richard Pryor
Arlene Golonka
Ben Blue
Dom DeLuise
Bill Dana
Godfrey Cambridge
Marty Ingels
George Jessel

| director=William Castle

| music=Vic Mizzy

| cinematography = Harold E. Stine

| editing = Edwin H. Bryant

| distributor=Paramount Pictures

| released={{Film date|1967|03|12}}

| runtime=101 minutes

| language=English

| producer=William Castle

| budget=

}}

The Busy Body is a 1967 American comedy film directed and produced by William Castle and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel.{{cite web|title='Warning Shot' and 'The Busy Body'|date=8 June 1967|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/08/archives/warning-shot-and-the-busy-body.html|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=24 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624162217/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/08/archives/warning-shot-and-the-busy-body.html|url-status=live}} It is Richard Pryor's film debut.{{cite web|author=quint|title=A Movie A Day: Quint on THE BUSY BODY (1967): You guys are going to learn class or I'm gonna kick your teeth in!|date=6 November 2008|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/38997|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922213141/http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/38997|url-status=live}}

Plot

George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for Chicago crime boss Charley Barker. A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.

George is indirectly responsible when Archie, a mob courier, is killed at a barbecue. After the funeral, Barker instructs George to dig up Archie's body because $500,000 was stuffed inside the lining of each side of a blue suit that an unwitting George personally chose for the burial.

George opens the casket to find it empty, and soon occupied by a different corpse. He sets out to retrieve the body and the money before Barker gets angry enough to arrange a funeral for him.

Cast

Sid Caesar as George
Robert Ryan as Charley
Anne Baxter as Margo
Kay Medford as Ma Norton
Jan Murray as Murray
Richard Pryor as Lt. Whitaker
Dom DeLuise as Kurt
Godfrey Cambridge as Mike
Bill Dana as Archie
Arlene Golonka as Bobbi
Charles McGraw as Fred Harwell
Ben Blue as Felix Rose
Marty Ingels as Willie
George Jessel as Mr. Fessel
Paul Wexler as Mr. Merriwether
Don Brodie as Board Member

References

External links

https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/the-busy-body

Reviews

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2614busy.html
https://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/the-busy-body-m100025542/
https://www.apocalypselaterfilm.com/2010/10/busy-body-1967.html
https://www.cinafilm.com/movies/the-busy-body-1967/reviews/2573890-saw-movie-when-was-younger-late-at-night-on-tv-havent-been-able/

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