Beware Spooks!
What Is He... MAN or MOUTH?
NR 1939 · 65 min · ★ 8.5 · Comedy
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
Directed by Edward Sedgwick · Written by Richard Flournoy
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Joe E. Brown Roy L. Gifford -
Mary Carlisle Betty Lou Gifford -
Clarence Kolb Lester Lewis -
Marc Lawrence Slick Eastman -
Don Beddoe Nick Bruno -
George J. Lewis Danny Emmett -
Byron Foulger Bank cashier (uncredited) -
Charles Lane Moore (uncredited) -
Robert Sterling Bellboy (uncredited)
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