Spook Chasers

"IT'S A S-S-SCREAM!"

1957 1h 2m EN

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4.9

SKIP

★4.9TMDB · 15

Comedy

Synopsis

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Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

“IT'S A S-S-SCREAM!”

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Cast

Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Satch' Jones
Stanley Clements
Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelesky
Percy Helton
Mike Clancy
William Henry
Harry Shelby
Darlene Fields
Dolly Owens
Eddie LeRoy
Blinky
David Gorcey
Chuck
Jimmy Murphy
Myron

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Blair
Writers: Elwood Ullman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Neil Brunnenkant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements and Percy Helton carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "IT'S A S-S-SCREAM!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0051005 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Blair directs. Neil Brunnenkant cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Neil Brunnenkant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements and Percy Helton carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "IT'S A S-S-SCREAM!".
7IMDB entry: tt0051005 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Neil Brunnenkant
Costume design: Irene Caine
Makeup / hair: Emile LaVigne
Runtime: 62 min · 1h 2m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Spook Chasers (1957)

Part of

The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!