Ghost Chasers
- April 29, 1951 (1951-04-29)
Ghost Chasers is a 1951 comedy horror film, starring The Bowery Boys.[1][2] The film was released on April 29, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-second film in the series.[3]
The film depicts spiritualism as a hoax, and has the Bowery Boys investigating the residence of a fake medium. They receive the assistance of an actual ghost.
Plot
After Slip discovers a spiritualist in the neighborhood, he enlists the boys to investigate. They discover that she is a fake and working for Margo the Medium, a radio star who has convinced Sach and Whitey that ghosts exist.
The boys go to her place, using Louie as a decoy. While she is busy trying to connect to Louie's dead uncle, the rest of the boys investigate the house. A real ghost, Edgar, befriends Sach and helps him investigate as well. Although the others cannot see Edgar, he does help them in times of crisis and helps them uncover Margo's scam.
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- William Benedict as Whitmore 'Whitey' Williams
- David Gorcey as Chuck
- Buddy Gorman as Butch
Remaining cast
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Lloyd Corrigan as Edgar Alden Franklin Smith
- Jan Kayne as Cynthia
- Robert Coogan as Jack Eagan, Private Eye
- Lela Bliss as Margo the Medium
- Philip Van Zandt as Dr. Basil Granville
- Marshall Bradford as Professor Krantz
- Michael Ross as Gus
- Argentina Brunetti as Mama Parelli
- Belle Mitchell as Madame Zola
- Doris Kemper as Mrs. Mahoney
Home media
Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1992.
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.
References
- ^ Variety film review; May 30, 1951, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; May 12, 1951, page 76.
- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
External links
- Ghost Chasers at IMDb
- Ghost Chasers at AllMovie
- Ghost Chasers at the TCM Movie Database
- Ghost Chasers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Preceded by Bowery Battalion 1951 | 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Let's Go Navy! 1951 |
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- Bennie Bartlett
- William Benedict
- Stanley Clements
- Gabriel Dell
- William Frambes
- David Gorcey
- Leo Gorcey
- Buddy Gorman
- Huntz Hall
- Bobby Jordan
- Eddie LeRoy
- Jimmy Murphy
- Gil Stratton, Jr.
- Danny Welton
- Live Wires
- In Fast Company
- Bowery Bombshell
- Spook Busters
- Mr. Hex
- Hard Boiled Mahoney
- News Hounds
- Bowery Buckaroos
- Angels' Alley
- Jinx Money
- Smugglers' Cove
- Trouble Makers
- Fighting Fools
- Hold That Baby!
- Angels in Disguise
- Master Minds
- Blonde Dynamite
- Lucky Losers
- Triple Trouble
- Blues Busters
- Bowery Battalion
- Ghost Chasers
- Let's Go Navy!
- Crazy Over Horses
- Hold That Line
- Here Come the Marines
- Feudin' Fools
- No Holds Barred
- Jalopy
- Loose in London
- Clipped Wings
- Private Eyes
- Paris Playboys
- The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
- Jungle Gents
- Bowery to Bagdad
- High Society
- Spy Chasers
- Jail Busters
- Dig That Uranium
- Crashing Las Vegas
- Fighting Trouble
- Hot Shots
- Hold That Hypnotist
- Spook Chasers
- Looking for Danger
- Up in Smoke
- In the Money
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