Ghost Chasers

Ghost Chasers
Ghost Chasers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Charles Marion; Bert Lawrence
Produced by	Jan Grippo
Starring	Leo Gorcey; Huntz Hall; David Gorcey; William Benedict
Cinematography	Marcel LePicard
Edited by	William Austin
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	April 29, 1951;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 22nd film in the Bowery Boys series.^[3]

Plot

After Slip discovers a spiritualist in the neighborhood, he enlists the boys to investigate. They discover that she is a fake who is working for Margo the Medium, a radio star who has convinced Sach and Whitey that ghosts exist.

The boys visit her, 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 named Edgar befriends Sach and helps him investigate. Although the others cannot see Edgar, he 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

The film was released on VHS by Warner Bros. 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 the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
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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[WVrev-1] Variety film review; May 30, 1951, page 6.

[HRrev-2] Harrison's Reports film review; May 12, 1951, page 76.

[3] Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.

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