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Boris Karloff was originally hired to play John F. Black, but it soon became clear that his severe arthritis would not permit him to undertake such a strenuous role. Karloff was switched to the part of Mr. Hinchley, and Basil Rathbone was brought in to play Black.
The hearse coach used at the beginning of the film now resides outside of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.
Peter Lorre died only two months after this film's release.
An article in the December 18, 1963 edition of Variety noted that the hydraulically-operated coffin specially built for this film cost $9,300 ($78,000 in 2020).
Les Baxter conducted the entire score in a single day on 15 November 1963 at the Goldwyn Studios scoring stage in Santa Monica.
"Felix Gillie: And what if I tell them the truth and say it was all your idea in the first place? Waldo Trumbull: Mr. Gillie... Felix... friend... I put it to you, who in your discerning estimation are the police most likely to believe, hm? Mr. W. Trumble, respected local citizen and entrepreneur of death, or Mr. Felix Gillie... wanted fugitive and confessed bank robber? Felix Gillie: I never confessed! [pause, then] Felix Gillie: They just proved it."
"Amos Hinchley: [giving eulogy for John F. Black] And so, my friends, we find ourselves gathered around the bier of Mrs... er... Mr... You Know Whom... this litter of sorrow, this cairn, this cromlech, this dread dochma, this gart, this mastaba, this sorrowing tope, this unhappy tumulus, this, this... what is the word?... this... er, coffin! Never could think of that word. Requiescat in Pace, Mr... um... Mr... the memory of your good deeds will not perish with your untimely sepulture."
