Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.
Dom DeLuise
- Kurt Brock
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- TriviaFilm debut of Richard Pryor.
- GoofsThe first time Rose faints, George grabs a bottle of Coke and pours it in Rose's face, then puts the empty bottle on the Coca-Cola fridge, but the second time she faints, there are two bottles on the fridge and a much larger spill of Coke on the floor. It seems this was supposed to be the third fainting spell but the second was cut out.
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George Norton: [Margo insists George takes a sip of the drink he made her] Hmm. I left out the scotch.
Margo Foster Kane: Ah- ha ha.
George Norton: There's no scotch in this scotch sour.
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With Sid Caesar recently departed and this movie finally available to order from Netflix, I finally got this a few days ago. I watched it with Mom just now and she wasn't too crazy for it. I wasn't either though I was highly amused by Caesar much of the time I was watching whenever he had scenes with Dom DeLuise, Ben Blue, or Richard Pryor whose movie debut this was. His highlights, however, was when he took a dummy (don't ask) to a bus bench where he spoke Russian gibberish to a woman from there and when he encountered Arlene Golonka when she was in her stripper costume and he reacts to her moves. Director William Castle, who usually made gimmicky horror movies, doesn't seem to have much of a comedy flair but the players do the best with what's given them. So on that note, The Busy Body is worth a look. P.S. It was a nice surprise to see the Chicago landmarks since it was made at the time my parents were living there and when I was the first-born of the family. And to find out Ms. Golonka was also born there.
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