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Three Live Ghosts
“A Fugitive Yank- A Lovable Cockney and a Kidnapping Kleptomaniac”
6.0 / 10• 1929• 1h 27m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.
Cast & Crew
Beryl Mercer
Mrs. Gubbins
Lead
Joan Bennett
Rose Gordon
Robert Montgomery
William Foster
Hilda Vaughn
Peggy Woofers
Harry Stubbs
Bolton
NP
Nanci Price
Alice (as Nancy Price)
Charles McNaughton
Jimmie Gubbins
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Thornton Freeland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Three Live Ghosts is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
