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A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
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Pedro de Cordoba
- Havez
- (as Pedro De Cordoba)
Steve Benton
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
James Blaine
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Las Palmas Club Patron
- (uncredited)
David Durand
- Bellhop
- (uncredited)
Jack Edwards
- Ship Bellboy
- (uncredited)
Robert Elliott
- Lieutenant Murray
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaBob Hope once called Willie Best "one of the finest actors I've ever worked with."
- GoofsObvious wires hold up the fluttering bats.
- Quotes
Alex: Hey, boss, you ain't goin' upstairs, are ya? Where those ghosts is?
Larry Lawrence: Listen, you stay there, and if a couple a fellas come runnin' down the stairs in a few minutes, let the first one go. That'll be me.
Alex: If somebody passes you, that'll be me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Snoop Sisters: The Female Instinct (1972)
- SoundtracksThanks for the Memory
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Sung briefly by Bob Hope
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I walked with a zombie
Bob Hope made some wonderful, fun movies in the '40s, and "The Ghost Breakers" costarring Paulette Goddard, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, and Richard Carlson is a prime example. Anthony Quinn has two small double roles in an early appearance for him.
Hope is a radio gossip who talks about the mob and sometimes upsets them; Goddard is a woman who has just inherited a castle in Cuba. The two intersect at a hotel after a shooting which Hope thinks he committed. He ends up in her trunk and therefore, in Cuba with her, along with Lukas, Best, and Carlson, an old friend of Goddard's. The castle is supposedly haunted, and some mighty strange things occur while Hope and Best investigate.
This is a great haunted house mystery with Hope letting the zingers fly at a rapid pace. There was something about the younger Hope that is terribly appealing. He brings a boyishness and an energy to these '40s roles that was lost later on. Goddard is beautiful and lively, Lukas excellent as the mysterious Parada. Though there is some political incorrectness, Willie Best and Hope spar as equals. The film keeps a strong atmosphere, with the scenes of thunder and lightning in the beginning especially effective. And that haunted castle - yikes. Call a ghost breaker!
Hope is a radio gossip who talks about the mob and sometimes upsets them; Goddard is a woman who has just inherited a castle in Cuba. The two intersect at a hotel after a shooting which Hope thinks he committed. He ends up in her trunk and therefore, in Cuba with her, along with Lukas, Best, and Carlson, an old friend of Goddard's. The castle is supposedly haunted, and some mighty strange things occur while Hope and Best investigate.
This is a great haunted house mystery with Hope letting the zingers fly at a rapid pace. There was something about the younger Hope that is terribly appealing. He brings a boyishness and an energy to these '40s roles that was lost later on. Goddard is beautiful and lively, Lukas excellent as the mysterious Parada. Though there is some political incorrectness, Willie Best and Hope spar as equals. The film keeps a strong atmosphere, with the scenes of thunder and lightning in the beginning especially effective. And that haunted castle - yikes. Call a ghost breaker!
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