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Plot

Ghosts on the Loose (which features no ghosts whatsoever) is perhaps the best-known of Monogram's "East Side Kids" series. This time, Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), and the rest of the kids offer to decorate the honeymoon cottage of Glimpy's sister, Betty (Ava Gardner), and her new husband, Jack (Rick Vallin). Unfortunately, the boys end up at the wrong house, a sinister mansion that serves as the headquarters for a Nazi spy ring headed by Emil (Bela Lugosi). The rest of the film is an extended chase -- first the Nazis chasing the boys, then the boys chasing the Nazis. Incidentally, this is the film in which Bela Lugosi allegedly sneezes out an obscenity. Ghosts on the Loose has been reissued under several titles, notably The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Action,Comedy
Run Time:
67min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/27/2001
DVD Release Date:
07/03/2001
Distributor(s):
Monogram
Director(s):
Themes:
Ghosts
Keywords:
Nazism,agent [representative],espionage,friendship,haunted,haunted-house,house,mansion,war
Language:
English