Correcting a bit of an oversight.
This is a fun watch! Bob Hope is great as the “brave coward”, and Paulette Goddard is just brilliant!
The Ghost Breakers
When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
6/21/1940Runtime
85 minsOverview
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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A breezy haunted-house romp where wisecracks and supernatural scares trade places with equal confidence. It's a film that wants you laughing at its monsters as much as jumping from them.
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PlayfulWhimsicalUnsettlingJoyful
Themes
Obsession
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Brisk
Look
NaturalisticStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence
Paulette Goddard
Mary Carter
Richard Carlson
Geoff Montgomery
Paul Lukas
Parada
Anthony Quinn
Ramon Mederes / Francisco Mederes
Willie Best
Alex
Pedro de Cordoba
Havez (as Pedro De Cordoba)
Virginia Brissac
Mother Zombie
Noble Johnson
The Zombie
Tom Dugan
Raspy Kelly
Paul Fix
Frenchy Duval
Lloyd Corrigan
Martin
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