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The Living Ghost
A Walking Nightmare
USA 1942
produced by A.W. Hackel for Monogram
directed by William Beaudine
starring James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon, Norman Willis, J.Farrell MacDonald, Minerva Urecal, George Eldredge, Jan Wiley, Edna Johnson, Danny Beck, Gus Glassmire, Lawrence Grant, Howard Banks, J.Arthur Young, Frances Richards, Harry Depp
story by Howard Dinsdale, screenplay by Joseph Hoffman
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Eccentric detective Trayne (James Dunn) investigates the disappearance
of one Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire), a millionair whose house is the abode
for his family of eccentrics, a family that is rocked by the fight of
Craig's second wife Helen (Edna Johnson) and his daughter Tina (Jan
Wiley). But Trayne has hardly started his investigations when Craig
returns - but he suffers from a complete loss of his mental facilities,
has been somehow turned into a human vegetable. Now this could spell case
closed, but Trayne decides to stay on and do some more snooping around -
and he soon finds out that Craig's brain has been artificially paralyzed,
and the only man with a device to do it is a certain doctor ... whose
trail has gotten lost God knows where. A few murders and attempts on
Trayne's life later he tracks down a man (Harry Depp) able to identify the
missing Doctor's voice. But instead of just bringing the man in for cross
examination, Trayne makes a recording of everyone staying at Craig's
house, then leaves it on his night desk as bait - and what do you know,
the baddies are a) stupid enough to fall for his trap, and b) turn out to
be Craig's wife Helen and her secret lover (George Eldredge), who needed
Craig alive - because otherwise his daughter would have inherited his
fortune - but mentally challenged to take control of his wealth ... Joan
Woodbury can be seen as Trayne's sidekick turned love interest. Pretty
much four typical Monogram murder mystery: It's full of plotholes,
the story only makes limited sense, and many of the plot devices strain
the suspension of disbelief beyond breaking point, but somehow the muddled
screenplay and the bland direction are also charming in a nostalgic sort
of way, and at least James Dunn and Joan Woodbury make a likeable couple
of leads.
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