Directed by:
William BeaudineScreenplay:
Tim RyanCinematography:
Harry NeumannCast:
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Douglass Dumbrille, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict, Tanis Chandler, Maurice Cass, Vera Lewis, Charles Middleton (more)Plots(1)
The first of the Bowery Boys' "haunted house" comedies, Spook Busters casts the boys as recent graduates of Exterminators' School. Setting up headquarters in Louie's Sweet Shop, Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall) and their pals are hired by Mr. Brown (Chester Clute) to rid a forbidden old mansion of its various bugs and insects. Once they arrive on the premises, the Boys must deal with "pests" of a human variety-namely mad scientist Dr. Coslow (Douglass Dumbrille) and his assistants (Vera Lewis, Charles Middleton and Richard Alexander). The fun really begins when Coslow prepares to use Sach as a guinea pig for his latest diabolical experiment. The film's highlight is the obligatory fight scene, lensed on this occasion in ultra-slow motion! Gabe Dell makes his return to the Bowery Boys fold as returning GI Gabe Moreno, here equipped with a French war bride (Tanis Chandler) who would never be seen again after this film. One strongly suspects that Spook Busters was seen several times in childhood by Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and other members of the Ghostbusters cast. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leo Gorcey
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dead End (1937)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Huntz Hall
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dead End (1937)
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
Douglass Dumbrille
Canada
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Bobby Jordan
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Gabriel Dell
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dead End (1937)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
Tanis Chandler
France
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Lured (1947)
Maurice Cass
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
State of the Union (1948)
Syncopation (1942)
Vera Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Good Earth (1937)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Sven Hugo Borg
Sweden
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Tom Coleman
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Killing (1956)
Bernard Gorcey
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Set-Up (1949)
Pickup (1951)