Movie

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

85 min

• Comedy
• Mystery
• Horror

Director

George Marshall

Released

June 21, 1940

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Bob Hope
• Paulette Goddard
• Richard Carlson
• Paul Lukas
• Anthony Quinn
• Willie Best
• Pedro de Cordoba
• Virginia Brissac
• Noble Johnson
• Tom Dugan
• Paul Fix
• Lloyd Corrigan

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