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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1939-10-24
Languageen
Runtime1h 5m
Production

Columbia Pictures

8.5(2)
•1939•1h 5m

Beware Spooks!

"What Is He... MAN or MOUTH?"

Comedy

Overview

A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.

Writing & Screenplay
Albert DuffyRichard Flournoy

Principal Cast

9 credited
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. BrownRoy L. Gifford
Mary Carlisle
Mary CarlisleBetty Lou Gifford
Clarence Kolb
Clarence KolbLester Lewis
Marc Lawrence
Marc LawrenceSlick Eastman
Don Beddoe
Don BeddoeNick Bruno
George J. Lewis
George J. LewisDanny Emmett
Byron Foulger
Byron FoulgerBank cashier (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Charles LaneMoore (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
Robert SterlingBellboy (uncredited)

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