The Spook Speaks
5.5
“W-H-O-O-O IT'S A HOWL !”
A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
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Cast
12 people
Buster Keaton
Buster
Known for
The General
Sherlock Jr.
Elsie Ames
Elsie
Known for
Minnie and Moskowitz
Elwood Ullman
Ewart Adamson
Jules White
Don Beddoe
Newlywed husband
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
Clyde Bruckman
Lynton Brent
Mordini, magician and spiritualist
Known for
Batman
John Tyrrell
Mordini's assistant
Also in
The Face Behind the Mask
A Plumbing We Will Go
Bruce Bennett
Mordini's former assistant
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Dark Passage
Dorothy Appleby
Newlywed wife
Also in
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Loco Boy Makes Good
Evelyn Young
Former Assistant's Girlfriend
Also in
Boobs in Arms
Prairie Schooners
Jules White Director · Clyde Bruckman Writer Elwood Ullman Writer
Worldwide gross $52K · Budget $15K · United States release September 20, 1940
Box office
Budget
$15,000
Worldwide gross
$52,500
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 20, 1940
Theatrical
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