The Ghost Walks

19341934
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1h 9m

During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.

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June Collyer and John Miljan in The Ghost Walks (1934)

Spencer Charters, June Collyer, Donald Kirke, and Eve Southern in The Ghost Walks (1934)

Johnny Arthur, Richard Carle, June Collyer, Douglas Gerrard, Donald Kirke, Henry Kolker, John Miljan, and Eve Southern in The Ghost Walks (1934)

Richard Carle, Spencer Charters, June Collyer, and Donald Kirke in The Ghost Walks (1934)

Johnny Arthur, Richard Carle, Spencer Charters, June Collyer, Donald Kirke, Henry Kolker, John Miljan, and Eve Southern in The Ghost Walks (1934)

Richard Carle and Spencer Charters in The Ghost Walks (1934)

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On a stormy night, a theatrical producer, his secretary, and playwright Prescott Ames are stranded when their car skids off the road and gets stuck. The three take refuge in the nearby home of Dr. Kent, a friend of Ames. One of Kent's patients, who is staying at the house, is acting strangely, and the others in the house tell the newcomers that she is behaving this way because it is the anniversary of her husband's murder. At dinner, the group begins exchanging accusations about the murder, when suddenly the lights go out, and soon afterwards comes the first in a series of mysterious and fearful events. —Snow Leopard

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Quotes
Herman Wood: Was tha - was that the clock?
Homer Erskine: Ye - yes, I - I - I guess so. I - I - I think so. It must have been. But it's a union clock.
Herman Wood: What do you mean?
Homer Erskine: Well, it strikes any old time.

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Referenced in Svengoolie: The Time of Their Lives (2016)

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Playwright as detective after killer on the loose in old dark house

Some nice plot twists keep the viewer sitting up through this old dark house mystery featuring John Miljan as a playwright with a new play to read—a thriller, this time!

Among a supporting cast of vaguely familiar faces, Richard Carle and Johnny Arthur lend comic relief as a Broadway producer and assistant accompanying Miljan. Producer Carle is constantly firing and un-firing assistant Arthur, which is cute but predictable; on another level entirely is their merry insistence for a good chunk of the film that the entire "mystery" taking place is part of Miljan's presentation of his new play, put on for their benefit!

Nothing particularly unusual here, otherwise, but those of us who enjoy being trapped in a dark house on a stormy night with an escaped lunatic in the neighborhood will find an hour of fun. As a bonus, the final few minutes feature a couple of bursts of really ripe maniacal laughter.

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