---
title: 'Scared Stiff (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hal B. Wallis'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scared-stiff-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046280/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scared Stiff (1953)

1953 · 108 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Scared Stiff is a 1953 American supernatural fiction-themed comedy horror semi-musical film, directed by George Marshall and starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. One of the 17 films made by the Martin and Lewis team, it was released on April 27, 1953, by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, previously filmed under that title in 1914 and 1922 and as The Ghost Breakers in 1940, also directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis), [George Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marshall), [Herbert Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-baker), [Walter DeLeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-deleon)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-baker), [Walter DeLeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-deleon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leith Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/leith-stevens)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-laszlo)
- **Editor:** [Warren Low](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-low)

## Cast

- [Hugh Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-sanders)
- [Lizabeth Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/lizabeth-scott)
- [George Dolenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-dolenz)
- [Dean Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-martin)
- [William Ching](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-ching)
- [Jane Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-novak)
- [Jerry Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-lewis)
- [Carmen Miranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-miranda)
- [Jack Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lambert)
- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [Dorothy Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-malone)

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