Ghost Catchers (1944)
Director: Edward F Cline
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Third of the four zany comedies with which Olsen and Johnson revived a flagging career during the '40s. Best remembered for Hellzapoppin, they were even better in Crazy House. This one, with the pair as nightclub entertainers exorcising a haunted house, is patchier, not least because it is saddled with far too much plot. Funny, though, with the same riot of non-sequiturs and vaudeville gags.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Edward F Cline
Producer: Edmund L Hartmann
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr, Walter Catlett full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 67 mins
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