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The Living Ghost is a american film of genre Thriller directed by William Beaudine released in USA on 11 august 1942 with James Dunn
The Living Ghost (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Living Ghost is a 1942 American film directed by William Beaudine. The Living Ghost was released on videocassette as A Walking Nightmare.
The film is also known as Lend Me Your Ear in the United Kingdom.
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This is a low-budget criminal melodramatic story with faint horror movie tendencies. Lead character Nick Trayne is played by future Academy award-winner James Dunn. Nick Trayne is a slightly eccentric former private detective who has retired to pursue a more leisurely occupation gets lured back into business to investigate the disappearance of a banker - Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire). It is the banker's best friend, Ed Moline (Paul McVey) who hires him after the banker has disappeared from his home.Actors
James Dunn
(Nick Trayne)
Joan Woodbury
(Billie Hilton)
J. Farrell MacDonald
(Police Lt. 'Pete' Peterson)
Minerva Urecal
(Delia Phillips)
George Eldredge
(Tony Weldon)
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