The 1963 film "The Comedy of Terrors" is a comedy which stars a number of actors from horror films, including Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, along with the infamous Rhubarb. Waldo Trumbull and his assistant run a funeral parlor in late 19th century New England. They resort to the occasional murder of a wealthy man in order to obtain a client. After arranging the funeral of one of their clients and then robbing his house, they discover that the man had a medical condition where he would appear dead but isn't. After the robbery, the family is celebrating, including Waldo holding and fondling a pile of assorted silver coins.

Felix Gillie and Waldo Trumbull are at one of their funerals.

The carriage sign reads "Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor" as Waldo married Amos Hinchley's daughter Amaryllis and Amos took Waldo as partner in his business. At the end of the service the pair dump the body out of the coffin and bury the body, thus they are able to reuse the coffin, an early example of recycling. They head back to their house where they live with Amos Hinchley, Amaryllis, and her cat Cleopatra. Waldo has been attempting to do in Amos with "medicine" which Amaryllis always thwarts.

Amos Hinchley is Waldo's partner who is now retired and senile.

Waldo mocks Amaryllis' belief that she could have been an opera singer. The owner of the funeral parlor property, Mr. John Black, sends a notice warning Waldo to pay the accrued rent or be evicted. The notice gives Waldo and Felix an idea for their next client.

Mr. Black likes to recite scenes from Shakespeare's plays, especially one in particular. Waldo and Felix manage to get inside Black's house and strangle him. Black's butler calls a local doctor who certifies the death, but the butler warns the pair of Black's strange condition of seeming to be dead but not. Black's body is interred in a mausoleum and the pair head home with a large sum of money. The family is drinking and partying, Felix is dancing with Amaryllis, Amos is playing a fiddle, and Waldo is sitting at a table tearing up the eviction notice and fondling a pile of silver coins.

An interesting pile of imitation or prop coins of different sizes are shown.

The coins range from dime size to dollar size. Some of the larger coins appear to be imitations of old Spanish coins, probably made for pirate and treasure films.

Amaryllis approaches Waldo and begins acting romantic.

Waldo would rather play with his coin collection and Amaryllis and Felix get together.

At the cemetery, Mr. Black revives, climbs out of his coffin, and heads for the Hinchley house. A fight ensues and, after "killing" Black again, Waldo falls asleep.

Waldo realizes what the "medicine" is and expires. Amaryllis and Felix, now a couple, leave the house to Amos, Black, and Cleopatra.

Mr. Black appears to move.

Rhubarb under various names was a famous animal actor during the 1950's and 1960's.

Vincent Price as Waldo Trumbull
Peter Lorre as Felix Gillie
Boris Karloff as Amos Hinchley
Basil Rathbone as John F. Black
Joyce Jameson as Amaryllis Trumbull
Rhubarb the Cat as Cleopatra
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Writers: Richard Matheson