The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1940-06-21
Duration:85 min
Director:George Marshall
Actors:Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Anthony Quinn
Production:Paramount Pictures

Overview:

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.

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