Ghost Chasers
1951 film by William Beaudine
Ghost Chasers is a 1951 comedy horror film starring the Bowery Boys. The film was released on April 29, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the 22nd film in the Bowery Boys series.
01Plot
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.
02Cast
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
03Home 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.
Sources and credits
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