The Busy Body is a 1967 American comedy film directed and produced by William Castle and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel.

[2] George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for Chicago crime boss Charley Barker.

A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.

George is indirectly responsible when Archie, a mob courier, is killed at a barbecue.

He sets out to retrieve the body and the money before Barker gets angry enough to arrange a funeral for him.