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The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Film · 1940 · 85 min · NR · Comedy · Horror · Mystery

When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!

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.

Directed by George Marshall

Starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Anthony Quinn, Willie Best, Pedro de Cordoba, Virginia Brissac

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In cinemas21 June 1940
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Physical release1 April 2003
First release anywhere21 June 1940

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