Hold That Ghost Page #2

Synopsis: Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Director(s): Arthur Lubin
Production: Universal
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1941
86 min
351 Views


that legal matter you dictated.

Will it hold up in court? He's the lawyer.

Says it's screwy but it's

ironclad. There's something else.

I just ran into

Charlie Smith.

Girls, powder your noses.

Go on, beat it.

Don't be long, Moose. Okay, honey.

C'mon.

Well?

Charlie said you beat him to

the Worthington payroll job.

He wants a 50-50 cut to keep

quiet. That cap-pistol hoodlum!

If you don't come across, he'll tell

the D.A. Let the stool pigeon sing!

If you've got the cash,

we oughta make him an offer.

I've got it. But tell him he's got

to find it before he can cut in.

Where is it? I'm on your

side. You can tell me.

Sure. The hiding place for my money...

is in my head.

Is everybody happy?

Yes!

Then everybody dance!

C'mon, Daddy. Didn't you

hear what Ted Lewis said?

"Everybody dance. "

No, thank you.

All right. I'll find another

partner! If you do, I'll leave.

Put it down here.

Your food, sir.

Eat it yourself!

Yeah, boy! If he wants to be

kind, it's all right with me.

Is everybody happy? Everybody! Me too.

What do you call this? Duck.

What's the matter?

Somebody throw something?

No, no. That's the duck. Oh, I thought...

No, no. I want two legs. Two legs.

How many legs are on this?

You can't do it that way.

Put that down before you cut

your hands. I'm spankin' it!

Pull a leg off. I don't care how I get it.

That's it. C'mon, give. The boss!

You're both fired! Back

to the gas station.!

Get out!

I'm sorry we was thrown out. Keep quiet.

I apologize.

Never mind.

Now when my baby

smiles at me

Doot-dee-doot

Give me that!

You want it?

Yes.

Now look

what you did!

I'm sorry, Chuck.

You're sorry.!

Look what you did to me! Get to work.

Now we're shadows.

I'll get to work.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself. I am.

But I'm gonna make you proud

of me. What do you mean?

I'm not gonna be a gas attendant all my

life. I'm gonna have a club of my own.

I'm gonna have Ted Lewis and the

Andrews Sisters. Own a nightclub!

Don't look now... but your

eye is dripping. Quiet!

You just had us thrown out. If we don't get

on the job, you'll have us thrown out here.

Okay.

All right, Chuck,

I'll work hard...

but I don't intend to be a

gas attendant all my life.

Hey, Chuck. Don't bother me,

Ferdie. Stop playing with balloons.

I'm gonna blow 'em up.

Put those away. Get on thejob. Okay.

What's the matter with you? Chuck?

8 gallons for $1, that's pretty

cheap. That don't include ethyl.

You mean ethyl is more

expensive? Certainly.

If a car drove up and asked

for ethyl, what would you do?

I'd say she don't work

here anymore. No, no.

You'd put ethyl in the car.

Why? I don't know the girl!

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Robert Lees

Robert Lees (July 10, 1912 – June 13, 2004) was an American television and film screenwriter. Lees was best known for writing comedy, including several Abbott and Costello films. more…

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