The Ghost Breakers

1940 PG-13 1h 25m

6.5 / 10 83

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6.5/10

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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.

Director George Marshall

Writers

Charles W. Goddard Paul Dickey Walter DeLeon

Stars

Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Richard Carlson

Ramon Mederes / Francisco Mederes

Willie Best

Alex

Pedro de Cordoba

Havez (as Pedro De Cordoba)

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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)

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Dolores Moran

Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Robert Ryan

Intern (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

Telephone Girl (uncredited)

Policeman at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Blanca Vischer

Dolores - Cuban Girl (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Ship Porter (uncredited)

Comedy Horror Mystery

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John Chard 14 Jun 2020

8/10

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, aft...