The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
84 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter DeLeonScreenplay
- George MarshallDirector
- Ernst TochOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bob HopeLarry Lawrence
- Paulette GoddardMary Carter
- Richard CarlsonGeoff Montgomery
- Paul LukasParada
- Anthony QuinnRamon Mederes / Francisco Mederes
- Willie BestAlex
- Pedro de CordobaHavez (as Pedro De Cordoba)
- Virginia BrissacMother Zombie
- Noble JohnsonThe Zombie
- Tom DuganRaspy Kelly
- Paul FixFrenchy Duval
- Lloyd CorriganMartin
Stills
Themes
stowawayhaunted househouseinheritancezombiemansionheirghostradio hosthaunted castlesteamshiphaunted mansion