Beware Spooks!
Beware Spooks! is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle and Clarence Kolb.[1]
Plot
Rookie cop Roy L. Gifford is kicked off the force after he accidentally assists a bank robbery and then lets a killer escape. Attempting to restore his reputation he tracks down the criminals to a haunted fun house where, with his wife's assistance, he tries to bring the murderer to justice.
Cast
- Joe E. Brown as Roy L. Gifford
- Mary Carlisle as Betty Lou Winters Gifford
- Clarence Kolb as Commissioner Lester Lewis
- Marc Lawrence as Slick Eastman
- Don Beddoe as Nick Bruno
- George J. Lewis as Danny Emmett
- Howard Hickman as Judge Roth
- Eddie Laughton as Dr. Johnson
- Frank M. Thomas as Capt. Wood
- Iris Meredith as Babe, Spook House Ticket Seller
- Ethelreda Leopold as Pretty Girl
- Ralph Dunn as Police Sergeant
- Robert Sterling as Bellboy
- Byron Foulger as Bank Cashier
- Walter Sande as Policeman
- Robert B. Williams as Policeman
References
- ^ Gehring p.100
Bibliography
- Gehring, Wes D. Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon. McFarland, 2014.
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