Beware Spooks!
1939 film
- October 24, 1939 (1939-10-24)
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Beware Spooks! is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle and Clarence Kolb.[1]
Plot
Rookie cop Roy L. Gifford is kicked off the force after he accidentally assists a bank robbery and then lets a killer escape. Attempting to restore his reputation he tracks down the criminals to a haunted fun house where, with his wife's assistance, he tries to bring the murderer to justice.
Cast
- Joe E. Brown as Roy L. Gifford
- Mary Carlisle as Betty Lou Winters Gifford
- Clarence Kolb as Commissioner Lester Lewis
- Marc Lawrence as Slick Eastman
- Don Beddoe as Nick Bruno
- George J. Lewis as Danny Emmett
- Howard Hickman as Judge Roth
- Eddie Laughton as Dr. Johnson
- Frank M. Thomas as Capt. Wood
- Iris Meredith as Babe, Spook House Ticket Seller
- Ethelreda Leopold as Pretty Girl
- Ralph Dunn as Police Sergeant
- Robert Sterling as Bellboy
- Byron Foulger as Bank Cashier
- Walter Sande as Policeman
- Robert B. Williams as Policeman
References
- ^ Gehring p.100
Bibliography
- Gehring, Wes D. Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon. McFarland, 2014.
External links
- Beware Spooks! at IMDb
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Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
- Fantômas (1920)
- Bar Nothin' (1921)
- The Rough Diamond (1921)
- Live Wires (1921)
- Boomerang Justice (1922)
- Chasing the Moon (1922)
- The Bearcat (1922)
- The Flaming Hour (1922)
- Do and Dare (1922)
- Out of Luck (1923)
- Romance Land (1923)
- Single Handed (1923)
- The Gentleman from America (1923)
- Dead Game (1923)
- Shootin' for Love (1923)
- The First Degree (1923)
- Blinky (1923)
- The Ramblin' Kid (1923)
- The Thrill Chaser (1923)
- Hook and Ladder (1924)
- Ride for Your Life (1924)
- 40-Horse Hawkins (1924)
- Broadway or Bust (1924)
- The Sawdust Trail (1924)
- Hit and Run (1924)
- The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)
- The Hurricane Kid (1925)
- The Saddle Hawk (1925)
- Let 'er Buck (1925)
- Lorraine of the Lions (1925)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Two-Fisted Jones (1925)
- The Runaway Express (1926)
- The Flaming Frontier (1926)
- There You Are! (1926)
- Tin Hats (1926)
- Under Western Skies (1926)
- Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
- The Bugle Call (1927)
- Spring Fever (1927)
- West Point (1927)
- Circus Rookies (1928)
- The Cameraman (1928)
- Spite Marriage (1929)
- Free and Easy (1930)
- Estrellados (1930)
- Doughboys (1930)
- Remote Control (1930)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
- Maker of Men (1931)
- A Dangerous Affair (1931)
- The Big Shot (1931)
- The Passionate Plumber (1932)
- Speak Easily (1932)
- What! No Beer? (1933)
- Horse Play (1933)
- Saturday's Millions (1933)
- The Poor Rich (1934)
- I'll Tell the World (1934)
- Here Comes the Groom (1934)
- Father Brown, Detective (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Murder in the Fleet (1935)
- The Virginia Judge (1935)
- Mr. Cinderella (1936)
- Pick a Star (1937)
- Riding on Air (1937)
- Fit for a King (1937)
- The Gladiator (1938)
- Beware Spooks! (1939)
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
- So You Won't Talk (1940)
- Air Raid Wardens (1943)
- Easy to Wed (1946)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
- I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
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