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Larry Lawrence (Hope) is a Walter Winchell-type radio broadcaster in New York, who goes on the run after supposedly murdering the crime boss (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) he's been exposing on the air. He gets mixed up with Mary Carter (Goddard), an heiress who has just inherited a plantation in Cuba with a supposedly haunted mansion. Traveling there together, they find themselves confronted by a zombie, a ghost, and the twin brother (Quinn) of the dead gangster.

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Larry Lawrence (Hope) is a Walter Winchell-type radio broadcaster in New York, who goes on the run after supposedly murdering the crime boss (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) he's been exposing on the air. He gets mixed up with Mary Carter (Goddard), an heiress who has just inherited a plantation in Cuba with a supposedly haunted mansion. Traveling there together, they find themselves confronted by a zombie, zombies, a ghost, and the twin brother (Quinn) of the dead gangster.
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''The Ghost Breakers'' is a 1940 comedy horror film directed by George Marshall and starring Creator/BobHope and Creator/PauletteGoddard. It is the third film version of the 1909 stage farce ''The Ghost Breaker''.

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''The Ghost Breakers'' is a 1940 comedy horror film directed by George Marshall and starring Creator/BobHope and Creator/PauletteGoddard. It is It's the third [[TheFilmOfThePlay film version adaptation]] of the 1909 stage farce ''The Ghost Breaker''.
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* RepetitiveName: Larry's full name is Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence. As he explains to Mary, "My folks had no imagination."
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Larry Lawrence (Hope) is a Walter Winchell-type radio broadcaster in New York, who goes on the run after being falsely accused of murdering the crime boss (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) he's been exposing on the air. He finds himself getting mixed up with heiress Mary Carter (Goddard), who's inherited a plantation in Cuba with a supposedly haunted mansion. Traveling there together, they find themselves confronted by a zombie, a ghost, and the twin brother (Quinn) of the dead gangster.

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Larry Lawrence (Hope) is a Walter Winchell-type radio broadcaster in New York, who goes on the run after being falsely accused of supposedly murdering the crime boss (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) he's been exposing on the air. He finds himself getting gets mixed up with heiress Mary Carter (Goddard), who's an heiress who has just inherited a plantation in Cuba with a supposedly haunted mansion. Traveling there together, they find themselves confronted by a zombie, a ghost, and the twin brother (Quinn) of the dead gangster.




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* MistakenForMurderer: Larry flees New York after mistakenly believing he's shot Ramon Mederos to death.
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''The Ghost Breakers'' is a 1940 comedy horror film directed by George Marshall and starring Creator/BobHope and Creator/PauletteGoddard. It is the third film version of the 1909 stage farce ''The Ghost Breaker''.

Larry Lawrence (Hope) is a Walter Winchell-type radio broadcaster in New York, who goes on the run after being falsely accused of murdering the crime boss (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) he's been exposing on the air. He finds himself getting mixed up with heiress Mary Carter (Goddard), who's inherited a plantation in Cuba with a supposedly haunted mansion. Traveling there together, they find themselves confronted by a zombie, a ghost, and the twin brother (Quinn) of the dead gangster.

The story would be remade yet again in 1953 as ''Film/ScaredStiff''.

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