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69% Critic Match
The Noose Hangs High
“BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO in the CHOKE of the Century!”
6.9 / 10• 1948• 1h 17m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bud Abbott
Ted Higgins
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Barton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Noose Hangs High is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
