The Ghost Breakers

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The Ghost Breakers

1940,

1h 22m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Comedy

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After intrepid working girl Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger (Anthony Quinn) phones to warn her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk -- wise-cracking Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope), 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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Dick Fiddy

Radio Times

Oct 31, 2024

4/5

The same pleasing recipe of thrills, laughs and romance keep the potboiler simmering nicely with the added bonus of some truly spooky moments amid the fun.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 19, 2020

3.5/4

An even better mix of terror and titters than The Cat and the Canary -- there's even a real zombie shuffling around the appropriately atmospheric sets.

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Austin Kennedy

Film Geek Central

Jul 9, 2013

2.5/4

If it focused more on the comedy instead of a generic horror plot, then this definitely would have been a fresher comedy. Instead, it's just a mediocre movie that just so happens to have a few funny gags in it.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 25, 2010

B

Mixing laughs and scares.

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Jun 11, 2010

... George Marshall makes an effort to construct the proper atmosphere around these city folk on a haunted safari in voodooland...

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

May 16, 2005

3/5

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Theodore P

Sep 30, 2018

Wow, I loved this 1940s Horror comedy. Hope and Goddard are fantastic. Mary inherits a castle in castle, but a murder, warnings and voodoo all stand in the way of her taking her inheritance. And of course there are some hansom men too! Sadly Willie Bests acting shows a now very dated role for black actors, but it's a very enjoyable film all the same, with an outstanding cast.

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Draco M

Jun 22, 2018

One of the best of the horror comedy genre owes its success to the pairing of Hope's standard coward routine with Willie Best's standard man servant and coward routine, it's a team made for this stuff. Granted that by today's standards the bits are old and undoubtedly racist but for the times it was groundbreaking. Best got credit on the movie poster, got lines as funny as Hope, and did much more than say "yessir" and "no sir". The height of the film has them together exploring the haunted house. They might've had more chemistry than Hope and Goddard. And it holds up today. See it.

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George Marshall

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Bob Hope

Larry Lawrence

Paulette Goddard

Mary Carter

Richard Carlson

Geoff Montgomery

Paul Lukas

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After intrepid working girl Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger (Anthony Quinn) phones to warn her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk -- wise-cracking Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope), 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
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Screenwriter: Walter DeLeon
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 1940, Original
Release Date (DVD): Apr 29, 2003
Runtime: 1h 22m

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