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Spook Busters
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Spook Busters

1946-08-24 · 68 min · ★ 5.5

Comedy · Horror

The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Meeting up with pal Gabe and his new French bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince them the place is haunted and then kidnap Sach in order to place his brain inside a gorilla.

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Directors
William Beaudine
Production companies
Monogram Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Leo GorceyLeo GorceyTerence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz HallHuntz HallSach
Douglass DumbrilleDouglass DumbrilleDr. Coslow
Bobby JordanBobby JordanBobby
Gabriel DellGabriel DellGabe 'Gabie' Moreno
William BenedictWilliam BenedictWhitey (as Billy Benedict)
David GorceyDavid GorceyChuck
Tanis ChandlerTanis ChandlerMignon
Maurice CassMaurice CassDr. Bender
Vera LewisVera LewisMrs. Grimm
Charles MiddletonCharles MiddletonMr. Stiles
Chester CluteChester CluteBrown
Richard AlexanderRichard AlexanderIvan
Bernard GorceyBernard GorceyLouis Xavier 'Louie' Dumbrowski
Charles MillsfieldDean Pettyboff
Art MilesHerman the Gorilla (as Arthur Miles)

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