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Ghosts on the Loose

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 7m
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Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, William 'Billy' Benedict, Kay Marvis, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, Ray Miller, Bobby Stone, and Rick Vallin in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
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The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
73,335
14,221
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    • Director
      • William Beaudine
    • Writer
      • Kenneth Higgins(original screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Huntz Hall
      • Bobby Jordan
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    • Director
      • William Beaudine
    • Writer
      • Kenneth Higgins(original screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Huntz Hall
      • Bobby Jordan
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    • 44User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews

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    Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Bela Lugosi, Kay Marvis, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, and Bobby Stone in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Spooks Run Wild (1941)
    Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, Frank Moran, Wheeler Oakman, and Peter Seal in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Spooks Run Wild (1941)
    Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Jack Mulhall, and Rick Vallin in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Ava Gardner and Rick Vallin in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Ava Gardner and Leo Gorcey in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, and Bobby Jordan in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
    Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan in Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

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    Leo Gorcey
    Leo Gorcey
    • Muggs McGinnis
    Huntz Hall
    Huntz Hall
    • Glimpy
    Bobby Jordan
    Bobby Jordan
    • Danny
    Bela Lugosi
    Bela Lugosi
    • Emil
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Betty
    Rick Vallin
    Rick Vallin
    • Jack
    Ernest Morrison
    Ernest Morrison
    • Scruno
    • (as Sammy Morrison)
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    • Benny
    • (as Billy Benedict)
    Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements
    • Stash
    Bobby Stone
    • Rocky
    Minerva Urecal
    Minerva Urecal
    • Hilda
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    • Tony
    Peter Seal
    • Bruno
    Frank Moran
    Frank Moran
    • Monk
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    • Lieutenant
    Bill Bates
    • Dave
    Harry Depp
    • John G. Elwood
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Herbert
    • Park Central Plaza Desk Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Beaudine
    • Writer
      • Kenneth Higgins(original screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      First credited film role for Ava Gardner.
    • Goofs
      In the credits, Bobby Stone is billed as playing "Dave", and Bill Bates is billed as playing "Sleepy". In actuality, Stone plays the role of "Rocky", and it's Bates who plays "Dave" (a character who is, indeed, defined by his sleepiness).
    • Quotes

      Mugs: [to the quartet] Now remember your crescendos and your de-u-endos.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
      (uncredited)

      Music by R. Melish (1780 ?)

      Lyrics (poem To Celia) by Ben Jonson (1616)

      Played on an organ by Bill Bates and sung by The East Side Kids

      Reprised by them at the wedding

    User reviews44

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    Top review
    4/10
    Who'd a thunk it, Ava Gardner and Huntz Hall, Brother and Sister
    It's the American dream for Ava Gardner and Rick Vallin as newlyweds. They get married and Vallin has a plan to leave the Lower East Side for that dream house in the suburbs. But right next to it is an old Gothic mansion of a house, something along the lines of Manderley in Rebecca.

    Her brother Huntz Hall with Leo Gorcey and the rest of the East Side gang come up to investigate. They find Bela Lugosi there, haunting it to the best of his ability. But Lugosi is no ghost, he's got a more earthly reason for wanting solitude. Remember this was 1943 and you know what was going on.

    Ava Gardner made this film a few years before she was any kind of a film name. But her beauty and talent are unmistakable. She has the distinction of being the biggest movie name ever to appear in an East Side Kids/Bowery Boys film, a dubious honor at best. This was Louis B. Mayer's way of testing her. She had done a whole lot of bit roles in films, this was her first real role of any substance.

    Three years later Monogram Pictures didn't have enough money in their whole budget to acquire Ava's services. Even if they threw in all the Bowery Boys.

    Ghosts on the Loose is a Leo Gorcey/Huntz Hall B film without any great pretensions. But see it if you want to see the birthing of a real star.

    But there ain't no amount of acting going to convince anyone that Ava Gardner and Huntz Hall could be related.
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    • Release date
      • July 30, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ghosts in the Night
    • Production company
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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    • Budget
      • $85,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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