Fight That Ghost (1946)
1h
Running Time
January 1, 1946Release Date
Plot.
Pigmeat and Shorty, who own "Pigmeat and Shorty's Bootery", are told by their landlord to either pay up or get out. They get caught trying to short-count him, and he threatens to have them arrested. After a series of disasters--they ruin a customer's suit, their store blows up--they get a telegram notifying them that a man they once did a kindness for has left them quite a bit of money and a house, but in order to get the inheritance, they have to spend a night in the bedroom of the man's house. When they arrive there, they notice two things--the place is kind of creepy and a series of spooky incidents leaves them to believe the house is haunted.
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Cast & Crew.

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Pigmeat Markham

John 'Rastus' Murray
Shorty Murray

Percy Verwayen
Moneybags Jim

David Bethea
Mr. Cook

Alberta Pryne
Sweet Sue Pryne

Claire Leyba
Polly

Clarice Grayham
Georgia Brown

Bill Dillard
Jim Brown

George Wiltshire
Lawyer Smith

Wen Talbert
James Henry

Rudy Toombs
John Mugger

Milton Woods
Bill White

Raymond Allen
Fast Delivery Bill

Sidney Easton
Spooky Lightning

Thomas Darby
Assistant Director

Ted Toddy
Writer / Producer

Elmer McGovern
Editor

Elmer J. McGovern
Editor

J. Burgi Contner
Assistant Sound Engineer

Rudolph Liszt
Makeup Artist

Sam Newfield
Director / Writer

Nelson Minnerly
Sound Engineer

Richard Marks
Special Effects

Sol Wichuall
Assistant Director of Photography
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1946
StatusReleased
Running Time1h
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
inheritance
old dark house
ghost
all black cast
vaudeville
horror
dark comedy
Wiki.
Fight That Ghost is a 1946 feature horror comedy film. It is considered one of the earliest horror films with an all Black cast. It was directed by Sam Newfield. It was a Toddy Pictures Company release. Bill Dillard portrayed Jim Brown in the film. The film includes the songs "Take me" by Porter Grainger as well as "Hard Luck Blues" and "A Brown Skin Gal is the Best Gal After All" by John Murray.
It was one of several films Newfield directed for Toddy including Harlem on the Prairie, Mantan Messes Up, and House-Rent Party. Photo stills for the film exist.