The Ghost Talks

The Ghost Talks

EVERYBODY TALKS in this First All-Talking FARCE-COMEDY

NR 1929 · 61 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, Crime

Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, though, in hopes she'll uncover the missing money and they can grab it from her. She checks into a hotel where Franklyn Green works as a desk clerk. Franklyn is learning to be a detective through a correspondence course, and he thinks he's just the guy to help Miriam solve her mystery. The fact that she's a very attractive lady doesn't hurt, either.

Directed by Lewis Seiler · Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

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Cast

Helen Twelvetrees Miriam Holt
Charles Eaton Franklyn Green
Carmel Myers Marie Haley
Stepin Fetchit Christopher Lee
Earle Foxe Heimie Heimrath
Henry Sedley Joe Talles
Joe Brown Peter Accardi
Clifford Dempsey John Keegan
Baby Mack Isobel Lee
Arnold Lucy Julius Bowser
Bess Flowers Sylvia
Dorothy McGowan Miss Eva

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