Fight That Ghost
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Fight That Ghost

A thriller-diller of laffs... chills and thrills

8.0 / 10 1946 1h 0mNR English
ComedyHorrorMusic

Storyline

Pigmeat and Shorty, who own "Pigmeat and Shorty's Bootery", are told by their landlord to either pay up or get out. They get caught trying to short-count him, and he threatens to have them arrested. After a series of disasters--they ruin a customer's suit, their store blows up--they get a telegram notifying them that a man they once did a kindness for has left them quite a bit of money and a house, but in order to get the inheritance, they have to spend a night in the bedroom of the man's house. When they arrive there, they notice two things--the place is kind of creepy and a series of spooky incidents leaves them to believe the house is haunted.

Cast & Crew

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Pigmeat Markham

Lead
J'

John 'Rastus' Murray

Shorty Murray

PV

Percy Verwayen

Moneybags Jim

DB

David Bethea

Mr. Cook

AP

Alberta Pryne

Sweet Sue Pryne

CL

Claire Leyba

Polly

CG

Clarice Grayham

Georgia Brown

BD

Bill Dillard

Jim Brown

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sam Newfield's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Fight That Ghost is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker