Release Date

10 Feb, 1942

Runtime

01:01: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar It's THRILLING - EXCITING - FUNNY!

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.

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Actors

Mantan Moreland

F.E. Miller

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Arthur Ray

Florence O'Brien

Harold Garrison

Jessie Cryer

Napoleon Whiting

Jess Lee Brooks

Ida Coffin

Nathan Curry

Millie Monroe

Louise Franklin

Lucille Battle

Avanelle Harris

Monte Hawley

Vernon McCalla

Harry Levette

Henry Hastings

Florence Field

John Lester Johnson

Crew

William Beaudine

Vernon Smith

Eugene C. Stone

Jed Buell

Robert E. Cline

Lex Neal

Robert O. Crandall