The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 235 1940s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert LeesScreenplay
- Arthur LubinDirector
- John GrantScreenplay
- Frederic I. RinaldoScreenplay
Cast
- Bud AbbottChuck Murray
- Lou CostelloFerdinand Jones
- Richard CarlsonDoctor Jackson
- Joan DavisCamille Brewster
- Mischa AuerGregory
- Evelyn AnkersNorma Lind
- Marc LawrenceCharlie Smith
- Shemp HowardSoda Jerk
- Russell HicksBannister
- William B. DavidsonMoose Matson
- Laverne AndrewsLaverne Andrews
- Maxene AndrewsMaxene Andrews
Stills
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Themes
casinohostagedetectivehaunted housebus driverslapstick comedyinheritanceblack and whiteold dark housewillscrewball comedyghost