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Hold That Ghost

1941, Movie, NR, 85 mins

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello inherit a haunted house in which a gangster was murdered. There are all sorts of strange goings on, and, of course, Costello sees the ghostly pranks and Abbott does not. Costello performs some brilliant pantomime as his terror-wracked form bumbles and bounces about the house, and the sight gags run rampant. The routines in this film so impressed comics Olsen and Johnson that they used some of them in their own GHOST CATCHERS (1944). Fans of 1940s ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1941
Rated NR

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Cast
Bud Abbott: Chuck Murray
Lou Costello: Ferdinand Jones
Richard Carlson: Dr. Jackson
Evelyn Ankers: Norma Lind
Joan Davis: Camille Brewster
Ted Lewis: Himself

 

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