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| The Ghost Breakers | |
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Screenplay by | Walter DeLeon |
| Based on | The Ghost Breaker (1909 play) by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard |
| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
| Music by | Ernst Toch |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film version of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.[2]
Along with the Abbott and Costello films Hold That Ghost and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Hope and Goddard's own The Cat and the Canary, it is cited as a prime example of the classic Hollywood horror-comedy.[2][3]
The film is primarily set in an abandoned house in Cuba. A woman has just inherited the house and the associated plantation, and she arrives to inspect her property. Accompanying her is her new love interest, a radio broadcaster from Manhattan. The duo encounters a supposed zombie, and take part in treasure hunting in the abandoned house.
- ^ Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931-1940. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 750. ISBN 0-520-07908-6.
- ^ a b Miller, John M. "The Ghost Breakers". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ King, Susan (June 2, 2010). "Classic Hollywood: When Bob Hope, Joe E. Brown and Red Skelton ruled big-screen comedies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 2, 2015.