The Ghost Talks (1949)

The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of ... See full summary »

Director:

Jules White

Writer:

Felix Adler (story)

Stars:

Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shemp Howard	...	Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Arnold	...	Ghost of Peeping Tom (voice)

Storyline

The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Peeping Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, until Lady Godiva shows up and the two ride off together.

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Plot Keywords:

the three stooges | animate suit of armor | occult | crossbow | slapstick

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1949 (USA)

Also Known As:

That's the Spirit

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to make Moe Howard's hair stand on end when terrified by the ghosts, a high-powered air compressor was used.

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Goofs

When Shemp offers the ghost in the armor "a smoke", the specter says he hasn't had a smoke "in a thousand years." Even though the spirit is from the time of Lady Godiva (11th century), smoking did not come to Europe until the 17th century. So the longest that the spirit would have done without a smoke was about 300 years.

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Connections

Remade as Creeps (1956)

User Reviews

Spooks!

The Ghost Talks (1949) stars Moe, Larry and Shemp. It's about the stooges moving furniture from an old house. They find an old suit of armor that has been haunted for 1000 years. Overall, it's a half-decent stooge short with a weird plot.

Like the other guy said, this is definitely not one of their best shorts. There not much slapstick action but it does have it's moments!