ID

FBW001082      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1943

Original Title

Ghosts on the Loose / The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi

Other Title(s)

Ghosts in the Night (UK)

Directed by

William Beaudine

Produced by

Monogram Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Jack Dietz, Sam Katzman; Script: Kenneth Higgins; Camera: Mack Stengler; Editing: Carl Pierson; Art direction: Dave Milton

Cast

Leo Gorcey (Muggs McGinnis); Huntz Hall (Glimpy Williams); Bobby Jordan (Danny); "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (Scruno); William Benedict (Skinny); Stanley Clements (Stash); Bobby Stone (Rocky/Dave); Bill Bates ("Sleepy" Dave); Bela Lugosi (Emil); Rick Vallin (John Gibson); Ava Gardner (Betty Williams Gibson); Minerva Urecal (Hilda); Wheeler Oakman (Tony); Frank Moran (Monk); Peter Seal (Bruno); Jack Mulhall (Lt. Brady); Kay Marvis Gorcey (Bridesmaid); Robert Hill (Minister); Tom Herbert

Length

64'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Nazi spy Emil lives in an ostensibly abandoned New York mansion. When the Bowery Boys stumble on his abode, he tries to scare them away by making the place appear haunted.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Okuda, Ted: The Monogram Checklist. The Films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, NC / London: McFarland, 1987
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987