Ghost Chasers

 ( 1951 Films ) 

Ghost Chasers is a 1951 comedy horror film, starring The Bowery Boys. Variety film review; May 30, 1951, page 6. Harrison's Reports film review; May 12, 1951, page 76. The film was released on April 29, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-second film in the series.

The film depicts spiritualism as a hoax, and has the Bowery Boys investigating the residence of a fake Mediumship. They receive the assistance of an actual ghost.

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Plot After Slip discovers a spiritualist in the neighborhood, he enlists the boys to investigate. They discover that she is a fake and working for Margo the Medium, a radio star who has convinced Sach and Whitey that ghosts exist.

The boys go to her place, using Louie as a decoy. While she is busy trying to connect to Louie's dead uncle, the rest of the boys investigate the house. A real ghost, Edgar, befriends Sach and helps him investigate as well. Although the others cannot see Edgar, he does help them in times of crisis and helps them uncover Margo's scam.

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Cast

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The Bowery Boys

• Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
• William Benedict as Whitmore 'Whitey' Williams
• David Gorcey as Chuck
• Buddy Gorman as Butch

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Remaining cast

• Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
• Lloyd Corrigan as Edgar Alden Franklin Smith
• Jan Kayne as Cynthia
• Robert Coogan as Jack Eagan, Private Eye
• Lela Bliss as Margo the Medium
• Philip Van Zandt as Dr. Basil Granville
• Marshall Bradford as Professor Krantz
• Michael Ross as Gus
• Argentina Brunetti as Mama Parelli
• Belle Mitchell as Madame Zola
• Doris Kemper as Mrs. Mahoney

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Home media Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1992.

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.

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