Twenty years ago, obnoxious treasure-hunter John Prendergast (Clay Clement) insults and attacks a Hindu temple, and is cursed. He makes away with two million dollars in temple gold. In “current” day, his investors and their heirs find him, and want their cut. He agrees, but only if they stay the week in his house to
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are sent to Drearcliff manner, situated on a coastal cliff in ever-misty Scotland. There, two member of the “Good Comrades” club have died after receiving an envelop filled with orange pits. The members all live together in an aged house, looked after by housekeeper Mrs. Monteith,
Col. Walters (Burton Churchill) and his Sphinx Club of Amateur sleuths is responsible for the arrest of a member of the evil Crooked Circle. The black-hooded members of the Circle choose their only female member as their assassin to avenge themselves on the Colonel tonight when he and other members of his club are staying
Vaguely sinister stuff happens. Not enough of a synopsis? OK, I’ll write more, but “stuff happens” really covers it. So, master criminal The Phantom escapes from jail before his execution, using a train and a plane. He seems to want revenge on DA John Hampton (Wilfred Lucas), and then… He’s out of the picture. Reporter
Anya Karlov is seduced and then abandoned by Prince Gregor Petroff (Wallace MacDonald), a member of an obnoxious aristocratic Russian family. She dies, and as the family refuse to say which of them is at fault, nor do they show any sign of caring, her father, scientist Boris Karlov (Warner Oland) sets out to take
Sam Higgins (Gordon Harker) arrives at an isolated Welsh village to take over running the local lighthouse. The villagers are a strange and superstitious lot, believing the lighthouse to be haunted, a belief that is buttressed by the disappearance of the previous lighthouse keeper as well as Tom Evans (Reginald Tate) having just gone mad
Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) owes a great deal of money in some kind of sketchy deal. He has also been threatened with death by The Gorilla, a maniac killer who’s been getting lots of news coverage. His niece, Norma (Anita Louise), who is the other heir to the family fortune, arrives at his house along
Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to Musgrave Manor to look into an attempted murder. The wealthy Musgrave family has allowed part of their mansion to be used as a convalescence home for injured soldiers, so living on the property are multiple family members, servants, soldiers, and the medical staff. Soon, in
In Africa, three bored, wealthy wastrels, Helen Chalmers, Col. Leonard Crecy, and Norman Bellamy (Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Berton Churchill) harangue their friend (Ray Milland) to come and play bridge with them, even though there’s a storm, the dam he’s responsible for could burst, and he’d have to fly his biplane to get there.
Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) and Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) travel to Cuba to the long abandoned mansion she has just inherited. But many agents don’t want them there, including murderers, a zombie, and a ghost. Quick Review: An interesting mix of horror and comedy, there is a lot to like about The Ghost Breakers. Bob
Larry Abbot (Gene Wilder), star of a mystery radio program, has recently announced his engagement to fellow radio actor, Vicky Pearl (Gilda Radner). He’s also developed a phobia of storms and begun to forget his lines. His psychologist brother (Paul L. Smith) informs Larry’s employers that he can scare him back to normal in just a
Vindictive millionaire Fredrick Loren (Vincent Price), and his unfaithful wife (Carol Ohmart), invite five strangers to a party at a haunted house. They are Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook Jr.), who owns the house and believes in the ghosts, Ruth Bridgers (Julie Mitchum), a columnist with a gambling problem, Dr David Trent (Alan Marshal), a psychologist,