The Ghost Breakers( 1940)

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When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!

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.

Top Billed Cast

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)
Jack Edwards
Ship Bellboy (uncredited)
Robert Elliott
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
James Flavin
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Jack Hatfield
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Claire James
Las Palmas Club Patron (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy
Intern (uncredited)
Francisco Marán
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Dolores Moran
Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Baggage Handler (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Drunk (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Robert Ryan
Intern (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Leonard Sues
Newsboy (uncredited)
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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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Jun 14 2020

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 befor...