The Ghost Breakers with Bob Hope: DVD Cover

    The Ghost Breakers Director: George Marshall Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/05/2002
    • Original Release: 1940
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 8,489

    Viewer Rating: (6 ratings)

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    Features

    Entertaining the Troops; Command Performance 1944; Hollywood Victory Caravan; Photography gallery; Theatrical trailer; Production notes; Cast and filmmakers; DVD-ROM features

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scenes
    1. Main Titles [1:26]
    2. One Stormy Night [7:03]
    3. The Inheritance [3:01]
    4. Lawrence Lawrence [2:57]
    5. Mistaken Murderer [:03]
    6. A Trunk to Cuba [7:53]
    7. A Threat [6:30]
    8. About Black Island [:25]
    9. Going to Cuba [3:18]
    10. Havana Harbor [6:28]
    11. Geoff Montgomery [3:34]
    12. Havana Night Life [1:29]
    13. On Black Island [:10]
    14. Midnight at the Castle [3:44]
    15. Mary Arrives [4:07]
    16. Looking for Secrets [6:01]
    17. The Unexpected Villain [1:20]
    18. End Titles [6:57]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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 Best) book passage on a Cuba-bound liner, where they meet lovely heiress Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard). She is heading to Cuba to take charge of her ancestral mansion, despite warnings from several sinister characters that to enter this "haunted" house will mean certain death. Appointing himself Mary's protector, Lawrence investigates the mansion on his own, thereby crossing the path of a zombie (Noble Johnson) and an apparently genuine ghost. He also meets the twin brother of the man he's accused of killing (Anthony Quinn), who seems the most likely suspect when Mary nearly comes to harm. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

    Customer Reviews

    Ghost Breakersby Anonymous

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    July 06, 2009: I love this movie. It's scary and funny at the same time. Bob Hope is timeless.

    Bob Hope's Best Filmby Anonymous

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    December 22, 2007: Apart from The Cat and the Canary, this is my favorite Bob Hope film. It is great fun with wonderful locales and spooky effects. If you are a "classics" fan, don't miss this gem of a film. The dialogue is suberb and wonderfully delivered. They don't write scripts like this anymore.


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