Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost is a 1941 American film about two service station attendants who are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will, and are sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

Directed by Arthur Lubin. Written by Robert Lees.

THOSE SLAP-HAPPY SCREAMSTERS GO A'HAUNTING!  (taglines)

Dialogue

Camille: Are you a married man?

Ferdie: No.

Camille: Neither am I. [to Chuck] He's old enough, isn't he?

Ferdie: Oh sure I'm old enough, I play games, I play post office.

Camille: Post office? That's a kids' game.

Ferdie: Not the way I play.

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Ferdie: Somebody blew out my candle!

Chuck: That was the wind.

Ferdie: Since when does the wind eat garlic?

Taglines

• 9 ALL-TIME SONG HITS
• THOSE SLAP-HAPPY SCREAMSTERS GO A'HAUNTING!
• Here's That ALL-AMERICAN LAUGH TEAM!
• YOUR FAVORITE FUNSTERS give you more merriment than in 'BUCK PRIVATES" or 'IN THE NAVY"...with their merriest cast!
• A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO! Your blues won't stand a ghost of a chance...as they top "Buck Privates" and "In the Navy."!
• THOSE FUNATICS ARE HERE AGAIN! Forget the News! Shake the Blues!
• THOSE FUNATICS ARE HERE AGAIN! Your blues won't stand a ghost of a chance!

Cast

• Bud Abbott — Chuck Murray
• Lou Costello — Ferdinand Jones
• Richard Carlson — Dr. Jackson
• Joan Davis — Camille Brewster
• Evelyn Ankers — Norma Lind
• Marc Lawrence — Charlie Smith
• Mischa Auer — Gregory
• Shemp Howard — Soda Jerk
• Russell Hicks — Bannister
• William B. Davidson — Moose Matson
• Ted Lewis and his Orchestra — Themselves
• The Andrews Sisters — Themselves
• Milton Parsons — Bus Driver
• Harry Hayden — Jenkins

External links

• Hold That Ghost quotes at the Internet Movie Database