The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!

  • Genre: Comedy, Horror
  • Release Date: 1940-06-21
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 76 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Marshall
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Summary

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

    as Larry Lawrence

  • Paulette Goddard

    as Mary Carter

  • Richard Carlson

    as Geoff Montgomery

  • Paul Lukas

    as Parada

  • Anthony Quinn

    as Ramon Mederes / Francisco Mederes

  • Willie Best

    as Alex

  • Pedro de Cordoba

    as Havez (as Pedro De Cordoba)

  • Virginia Brissac

    as Mother Zombie

  • Noble Johnson

    as The Zombie

  • Tom Dugan

    as Raspy Kelly

  • Paul Fix

    as Frenchy Duval

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    as Martin

  • James Blaine

    as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

  • David Durand

    as Bellhop (uncredited)

  • Jack Edwards

    as Ship Bellboy (uncredited)

  • Robert Elliott

    as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)

  • James Flavin

    as Hotel Porter (uncredited)

  • Jack Hatfield

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Grace Hayle

    as Screaming Woman (uncredited)

  • Claire James

    as Las Palmas Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Douglas Kennedy

    as Intern (uncredited)

  • Francisco Marán

    as Headwaiter (uncredited)

  • Dolores Moran

    as Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)

  • Paul Newlan

    as Baggage Handler (uncredited)

  • Jack Norton

    as Drunk (uncredited)

  • Tom Quinn

    as Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

  • Robert Ryan

    as Intern (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    as Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)

  • Kay Stewart

    as Telephone Girl (uncredited)

  • Leonard Sues

    as Newsboy (uncredited)

  • Brick Sullivan

    as Policeman at Boat Dock (uncredited)

  • Blanca Vischer

    as Dolores - Cuban Girl (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

  • Max Wagner

    as Ship Porter (uncredited)
Directing George Marshall Director
Writing Paul Dickey Theatre Play
Writing Charles W. Goddard Theatre Play
Writing Walter DeLeon Screenplay
Production Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
Sound Ernst Toch Original Music Composer
Camera Charles Lang Director of Photography
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art Robert Usher Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Art A. E. Freudeman Interior Designer
Visual Effects Farciot Edouart Visual Effects
Sound Andrea Setaro Music Arranger
Editing Ellsworth Hoagland Editor
Sound Harold Lewis Sound Recordist
Sound Richard Olson Sound Recordist

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