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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1940-09-20
Languageen
Runtime18m
Budget$15,000
Revenue$52,500
Production

Columbia Pictures

6.0(6)
•1940•18m

The Spook Speaks

"W-H-O-O-O IT'S A HOWL !"

Comedy

Overview

A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.

Director
Jules White
Writing & Screenplay
Ewart AdamsonClyde Bruckman
Cinematography
Henry Freulich

Principal Cast

8 credited
Buster Keaton
Buster KeatonBuster
Elsie Ames
Elsie AmesElsie
Don Beddoe
Don BeddoeNewlywed husband
Lynton Brent
Lynton BrentMordini, magician and spiritualist
John Tyrrell
John TyrrellMordini's assistant
Bruce Bennett
Bruce BennettMordini's former assistant
Dorothy Appleby
Dorothy ApplebyNewlywed wife
EY
Evelyn YoungFormer Assistant's Girlfriend

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