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The Ghost Breakers

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The Ghost Breakers
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1hr 23min
Genres:
Comedy,Action
Release:
1940
Director:
George Marshall
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson  ...more
Synopsis: Paramount followed up its successful Bob Hope/Paulette Goddard co-starrer The Cat and the Canary (1939) by warming up another venerable "old dark house" stage play, Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard's The Ghost Breaker, pluralizing the title to accommodate both stars. This time Hope plays radio personality Lawrence L. Lawrence (the middle initial stands for Lawrence: "My folks had no imagination") who has to flee New York to avoid being mistakenly arrested for murder. He and his manservant Alex (Willie ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
A Bob Hope comedy without a lot of laughs may seem like an oxymoron (at least if it was made before 1960), but that's what you have in The Ghost Breakers. What's even more surprising is that Breakers is a pretty entertaining little film, even without a barrelful of laughs. Not that the film is devoid of laughs, nor is it the kind of film that attempts too many jokes that fall flat; aside from some ... Full Review
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Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence
Paulette Goddard
Mary Carter
Richard Carlson
Geoff Montgomery
Paul Lukas
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