The Ghost Breakers

Name: The Ghost Breakers
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1940-06-21
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (83 Votes)

1940 EN 85 min

Overview

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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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

James Blaine

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

David Durand

Bellhop (uncredited)

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Jack Edwards

Ship Bellboy (uncredited)

Robert Elliott

Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)

James Flavin

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

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Jack Hatfield

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Grace Hayle

Screaming Woman (uncredited)

Claire James

Las Palmas Club Patron (uncredited)

Douglas Kennedy

Intern (uncredited)

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Francisco Marán

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Dolores Moran

Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Drunk (uncredited)

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Tom Quinn

Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Robert Ryan

Intern (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

Telephone Girl (uncredited)

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Leonard Sues

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Policeman at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Blanca Vischer

Dolores - Cuban Girl (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Ship Porter (uncredited)

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You still there zomb? The Ghost Breakers is a sort of sequel to Paramount's 1939 hit "The Cat and the Canary", also starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Directed by George Marshall (who would direct the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis 1958 remake, "Scared Stiff", as well) it's adapted by Walter DeLeon from the play "The Ghost Breaker" by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The premise is simple, after mistakenly thinking he has shot a hoodlum type, Larry Lawrence (Hope) flees into another hotel room, that of Mary Carter (Goddard), who is packing for a trip to Cuba. Befriending her, it's not befo…

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