Spook Busters
Spook Busters is a 1946 film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the fourth film in the series of forty eight.[1]
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Edmond Seward Tim Ryan |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan William Benedict Gabriel Dell |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Language | English |
Plot
All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for Sach who flunked out. They set up their new business in a corner of Louie's Sweet Shop and quickly get a job to remove ghosts from an old abandoned mansion. Upon arrival they discover weird events taking place, such as lights turning on when a match is lit, and a disappearing organ. Soon they discover that these events are not the actions of ghosts, but of a mad scientist who is conducting illegal experiments in the basement.
Upon encountering the scientist, Sach quickly becomes part of the experiment when the scientist wants to take part of his brain out and put it into a gorilla. A fight ensues and, after the cops arrive and apprehend the criminals, the boys find themselves at the police station telling the story of what happened. Louie then calls them and tells Slip that the mouse in his store "had puppies" and the boys quickly leave the police station to go to their next job.
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Sach
- Bobby Jordan as Bobby
- William Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
Remaining cast
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Douglass Dumbrille as Dr. Coslow
- Tanis Chandler as Mignon
- Maurice Cass as Dr. Bender
- Charles Middleton as Stiles
- Richard Alexander as Ivan
Production
Gabriel Dell makes his first appearance of the series, playing an old member of the gang who just returned from a stint in the Navy and newly married to a French woman.
The film was made under the working title Ghost Busters.[2]
Home media
Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998.
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.
See also
- Lonesome Ghosts, a 1937 Disney short with a similar premise
References
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91122/Spook-Busters/articles.html[bare URL]
- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
External links
- Spook Busters at IMDb
- Spook Busters at AllMovie
- Spook Busters at the TCM Movie Database
- Spook Busters at the American Film Institute Catalog