Spook Busters

Spook Busters

SHUDDERIFIC!

Part of The Bowery Boys Collection

1946•1h 8m•4.8/10

ComedyHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.8/10(5)

The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Meeting up with pal Gabe and his new French bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince them the place is haunted and then kidnap Sach in order to place his brain inside a gorilla.

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Production

Monogram Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Sach

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Dr. Coslow

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Bobby

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Gabe 'Gabie' Moreno

William Benedict

William Benedict

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

David Gorcey

David Gorcey

Chuck

Tanis Chandler

Tanis Chandler

Mignon

Maurice Cass

Maurice Cass

Dr. Bender

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Grimm

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

Mr. Stiles

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Brown

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Ivan

Bernard Gorcey

Bernard Gorcey

Louis Xavier 'Louie' Dumbrowski

Charles Millsfield

Dean Pettyboff

Art Miles

Herman the Gorilla (as Arthur Miles)

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