The Ghost Breakers (1940)
When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!
85 min
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.
- Release date
- June 21, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Bob Hope as Larry Lawrence
- Paulette Goddard as Mary Carter
- Richard Carlson as Geoff Montgomery
- Paul Lukas as Parada
- Willie Best as Alex
- Pedro de Cordoba as Havez
- Virginia Brissac as Mother Zombie
- Noble Johnson as The Zombie
- Anthony Quinn as Ramon Mederos
- Anthony Quinn as Francisco Mederos
- Tom Dugan as Raspy Kelly
Crew
- George Marshall · Director
- Walter DeLeon · Writer
- Paul Dickey · Writer
- Charles W. Goddard · Writer
- Arthur Hornblow Jr. · Producer
- Ernst Toch · Composer
- Charles Lang · Cinematographer
- Ellsworth Hoagland · Editor