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Director:

Phil Rosen

Writers:

Carl Foreman (original story and screenplay) &
Charles R. Marion (original story and screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 October 1941 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Comedy more

Plot:

The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside... more | full synopsis

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The East Side Kids meet Bela Lugosi more (23 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Bela Lugosi ... Nardo
Leo Gorcey ... Muggs
Bobby Jordan ... Danny
Huntz Hall ... Glimpy
Ernest Morrison ... Scruno (as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
Dave O'Brien ... Jeff Dixon (as David O'Brien)
Dorothy Short ... Linda Mason
David Gorcey ... Peewee
Donald Haines ... Skinny
Dennis Moore ... Dr. Von Grosch
P.J. Kelly ... Lem Harvey (as P.J. Kelley)
Angelo Rossitto ... Luigi
Guy Wilkerson ... Constable Jim
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Ghosts in the Night (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #7644)


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The copyright expired and was not renewed, so the film fell into "public domain", meaning that virtually anyone could copy it and sell it without having to pay royalties. That's why there are so so many shoddy, badly cut, grainy copies of it on the market, put out mainly by companies that specialize in public-domain films. more

Quotes:

Muggs: I got an idea, when it's dark...
Danny: We make a break for it?
Muggs: Exactly.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007) more


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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
The East Side Kids meet Bela Lugosi, 23 July 2001
Author: cinema_universe from NYC & Cherry Grove

Just a few quick points. - This was one of the nine little gems that Lugosi made for Monogram (one of the better ones), and it's one of two he made with the East Side Kids. It's important to note that they WERE still kids (teenagers) when this film was made.-- They became "The Bowery Boys" when they grew up (It's mentioned in another comment that this film stars The Bowery Boys-- that's a BIG mistake!). The East Side Kids acted differently than, and looked different from, The Bowery Boys. -- The Bowery Boys films had more of a "Three Stooges" look and feel to them, and had none of the adolescent angst than can sometimes be seen in The East Side Kids films. And let's not forget that both groups grew out of the original Warner Brothers group: "The Dead End Kids."

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