| Spook Busters | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Edmond Seward Tim Ryan |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan William Benedict Gabriel Dell |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Language | English |
Spook Busters is a 1946 Americancomedy horror film, directed byWilliam Beaudine and starring the comedy team ofThe Bowery Boys. It is the fourth film in the series of forty eight.[1]
In the film, the Boys are working aspest control agents. They are tasked with removingghosts from a seemingly abandonedmansion. It is actually inhabited by amad scientist, who wants to use of the Boys in abrain transplant operation.
All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for Sach who flunked out. They set up their new business in a corner of Louie's Sweet Shop and quickly get a job to remove ghosts from an old abandoned mansion. Upon arrival they discover weird events taking place, such as lights turning on when a match is lit, and a disappearing organ. Soon they discover that these events are not the actions of ghosts, but of a mad scientist who is conducting illegal experiments in the basement.
Upon encountering the scientist, Sach quickly becomes part of the experiment. The scientist wants to perform abrain transplant operation, which will transfer part of his brain to agorilla. A fight ensues and, after the cops arrive and apprehend the criminals, the boys find themselves at the police station, telling the story of what happened. Louie then calls them and tells Slip that the mouse in his store "had puppies". The boys quickly leave the police station to go to their next job.
Gabriel Dell makes his first appearance of the series, playing an old member of the gang who just returned from a stint in theUnited States Navy and newly married to a French woman.
The film was made under the working titleGhost Busters.[2]
Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998.
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-orderDVD in the United States as part of"The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.
| Preceded by Bowery Bombshell 1946 | 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Mr. Hex 1946 |