THE BUSY BODY
Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Siskel Film Center
screening
1967, William Castle, USA, 101 mins. In English | Format: 35mm from the Chicago Film Society collection at the University of Chicago Film Studies Center. Robert Ryan and Sid Caesar star as members of a Chicago criminal outfit on a wild goose chase for a missing dead body (a fatal BBQ accident victim) holding a pile of cash. Based on a novel by crime fiction master Donald Westlake, the film features some mildly ghoulish touches fitting of director Castle, beautiful exterior shots of '60s Chicago, Dom DeLuise as a mortician, and a young Richard Pryor in his film debut. Part of Chicago Film Society Presents: Technicolor Weekend (August 7–9, 2026), a series which showcases prints made using the Technicolor printing process.