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The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers

Jun 21, 1940
85 min
ComedyHorrorMystery
6.5/ 10
81 votes

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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.

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6.5/10
81 votes
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7.0/10
4,325 votes
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88%
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"When the Ghost WALKS... They RUN!"

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Paramount Pictures

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