"TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there."
Glenn Ford
as Elliott Nash
Debbie Reynolds
as Nell Nash
John McGiver
as Sam Thorpe
Doro Merande
as Matilda
Mabel Albertson
as Mrs. Chandler
Carl Reiner
as Harlow Edison
Bert Freed
as Lt. Jenkins
Martin Landau
as The Duke
Helen Kleeb
as Miss Spence, Nash's Secretary
Jon Lormer
as Dr. Weiner
James Gavin
as Sgt. Drucker
Dick Wessel
as Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)
Robert Ellenstein
as Ben
Stanley Adams
as Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
Don Anderson
as Television Technician in Booth (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
as Man (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
as First Engineer (uncredited)
Meurisse Duree
as Dancer (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Jack Kruschen
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rex Lease
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Carey Leverette
Owen McGiveney
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
as Mr. Olson (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
as Police Officer (uncredited)
William Smith
as Actor Who Trips Over Camera (uncredited)
Guy Stockwell
as Actor (voice) (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
as Dr. Bradley (uncredited)
Adrienne Fazan
Editor
George Marshall
Director
George Wells
Screenplay
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Lawrence Weingarten
Producer
Jeff Alexander
Original Music Composer
Alec Coppel
Novel
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Paul Groesse
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Robert Priestley
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
William Tuttle
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director
Van Allen James
Sound Editor
Robert R. Hoag
Special Effects
Harvey Parry
Stunts