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Killer Diller

19484.9 / 1073 min

Comedy, Drama, Music

Overview

SWINGING SINGING... DYNAMITE DANCING... ...AND KILLER COMEDY!

An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.

Cast

Dusty Fletcher

Dusty (as Dusty 'Open the Door Richard' Fletcher)

George Wiltshire

Dumdone, the Manager

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly

Nellie Hill

Lola, His Fiancée

Freddie Robinson

Sarge

Edgar Martin

Policeman

Sidney Easton

Policeman (as Sid Easton)

Augustus Smith

Stage Hand (as Gus Smith)

Moms Mabley

Self (as Jackie Mabley)

Ken Renard

The Great Voodoo

Nat King Cole

Self (as King Cole Trio)

Patterson and Jackson

Themselves

William Campbell

Policeman

Crew

Josh Binney

Director

E.M. Glucksman

Producer

Hal Seeger

Story

Hal Seeger

Screenplay

Lester Lang

Director of Photography

Walter R. Sheridan

Assistant Director

Louis Hesse

Editor

Sam Corso

Art Direction

Count Basie

Original Music Composer

Milton Ebbens

Original Music Composer