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How Long Is “Ghosts on the Loose”?

Name: Ghosts on the Loose
Genre: suspense/thriller, action/adventure, drama
Released: 1943
Duration: 64 min
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Bobby Jordan

1h 4m runtime

19431h 4msuspense/thriller • action/adventure • drama

Suspense/thriller film with a runtime of 64 minutes, released in 1943. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 4m

Minutes64

One SittingYes

With Break1h 16m

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Ghosts on the Loose (which features no ghosts whatsoever) is perhaps the best-known of Monogram's "East Side Kids" series. This time, Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), and the rest of the kids offer to decorate the honeymoon cottage of Glimpy's sister, Betty (Ava Gardner), and her new husband, Jack (Rick Vallin). Unfortunately, the boys end up at the wrong house, a sinister mansion that serves as the headquarters for a Nazi spy ring headed by Emil (Bela Lugosi). The rest of the film is an extended chase -- first the Nazis chasing the boys, then the boys chasing the Nazis. Incidentally, this is the film in which Bela Lugosi allegedly sneezes out an obscenity. Ghosts on the Loose has been reissued under several titles, notably The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi.

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Runtime1h 4m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 16m

Movie Facts

Release Year1943

Runtime1h 4m

LanguageEnglish

Genressuspense/thriller, action/adventure, drama

DirectorWilliam Beaudine

ProducerJack Dietz, Sam Katzman

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