Fight That Ghost (1946)
1h
Running Time
January 1, 1946Release Date
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.
old dark house
inheritance
ghost
vaudeville
all black cast
horror
black 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.