''Spook Busters'' is a 1946 film directed by

William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. Life and car ...

and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the fourth film in the series of forty eight.

Plot

All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for Sach who flunked out. They set up their new business in a corner of Louie's Sweet Shop and quickly get a job to remove ghosts from an old abandoned mansion. Upon arrival they discover weird events taking place, such as lights turning on when a match is lit, and a disappearing organ. Soon they discover that these events are not the actions of ghosts, but of a mad scientist who is conducting illegal experiments in the basement. Upon encountering the scientist, Sach quickly becomes part of the experiment when the scientist wants to take part of his brain out and put it into a gorilla. A fight ensues and, after the cops arrive and apprehend the criminals, the boys find themselves at the police station telling the story of what happened. Louie then calls them and tells Slip that the mouse in his store "had puppies" and the boys quickly leave the police station to go to their next job.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey w ...

as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney *

Huntz Hall Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular " Dead End Kids" movies, including '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), and in the later " Bower ...

as Sach *

Bobby Jordan Robert G. Jordan (April 1, 1923 – September 10, 1965) was an American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys. Early life and career Jordan was born in Harrison, New York, At ...

as Bobby * William Benedict as Whitey * David Gorcey as Chuck

Remaining cast

* Gabriel Dell as Gabe * Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski * Douglass Dumbrille as Dr. Coslow * Tanis Chandler as Mignon * Maurice Cass as Dr. Bender * Charles Middleton as Stiles * Richard Alexander as Ivan

Production

Gabriel Dell makes his first appearance of the series, playing an old member of the gang who just returned from a stint in the Navy and newly married to a French woman. The film was made under the working title ''Ghost Busters''.

Home media

Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998. 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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* * * * {{William Beaudine 1946 films 1940s comedy horror films American comedy horror films American black-and-white films Bowery Boys films 1940s English-language films Films directed by William Beaudine American haunted house films Mad scientist films Monogram Pictures films 1946 horror films 1946 comedy films 1940s American films