The Busy Body

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

Cast

Sid Caesar

as George Norton

Robert Ryan

as Charley Barker

Anne Baxter

as Margo Foster Kane

Kay Medford

as Ma Norton

Jan Murray

as Murray Foster

Richard Pryor

as Whittaker

Arlene Golonka

as Bobbi Brody

Charles McGraw

as Fred Harwell

Ben Blue

as Felix Rose

Dom DeLuise

as Kurt Brock

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