The Ghost Breakers (1940)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
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Plot.
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
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Cast & Crew.
Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence
Paulette Goddard
Mary Carter
Richard Carlson
Geoff Montgomery
Paul Lukas
Parada
Willie Best
Alex
Pedro de Cordoba
Havez
Virginia Brissac
Mother Zombie
Noble Johnson
The Zombie
Anthony Quinn
Ramon Mederos
Tom Dugan
Raspy Kelly
Paul Fix
Frenchy Duval
Lloyd Corrigan
Martin
Thomas J. Dugan
Raspy Kelly
George Marshall
Director
James Blaine
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
David Durand
Bellhop (uncredited)
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Jack Edwards
Ship Bellboy (uncredited)
Paul Dickey
Writer
Robert Elliott
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
Charles W. Goddard
Writer
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
James Flavin
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Ernst Toch
Composer
Jack Hatfield
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Cinematographer
Grace Hayle
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Claire James
Las Palmas Club Patron (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy
Intern (uncredited)
Francisco Marán
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Dolores Moran
Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Baggage Handler (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Drunk (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Robert Ryan
Intern (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Leonard Sues
Newsboy (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Policeman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
Wiki.
The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film version of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.Along with the Abbott and Costello films Hold That Ghost and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Hope and Goddard's own The Cat and the Canary, it is cited as a prime example of the classic Hollywood horror-comedy.