Bob Hope is energetic in this spooky comedy. Paulette Goddard is very good though seeing her now, I wish she could have gotten more film roles. The supporting cast is very good including classic support by Willie Best who always adds to any film he is in. Overall, this one of this story is much better than Scared Stiff, the inferior Martin & Lewis remake.
Goddard inherits Black island near Cuba. As soon as she does, she starts receiving threats & offers to sell it. Hope is a radio show man whose show exposes the goings on of mobsters. His chance encounter with Goddard happens in a hotel where a mobster has called him to straighten out some details about his last radio show before his vacation.
Then, Hope mistakenly thinks he shot & murdered someone at the hotel & wind up with hiding in Goddards trunk & stowing away on the liner heading for Cuba. From Cuba, they all wind up on the mysterious island populated by zombies, ghosts, & a delightful little mystery. Hope has a few punchlines. Bob Hope referred to Best, as his comedic co-star in The Ghost Breakers (1940), as one of the finest talents he had ever worked with.
It's all very funny & this film kind of set up the model that Hopes solo comedy films would use in different variations throughout his career when he wasn't with Bing. If you haven't seen this, it runs about 90 minutes & is a pleasant diversion. A clip from it about Democrats is very popular on You Tube.
Goddard inherits Black island near Cuba. As soon as she does, she starts receiving threats & offers to sell it. Hope is a radio show man whose show exposes the goings on of mobsters. His chance encounter with Goddard happens in a hotel where a mobster has called him to straighten out some details about his last radio show before his vacation.
Then, Hope mistakenly thinks he shot & murdered someone at the hotel & wind up with hiding in Goddards trunk & stowing away on the liner heading for Cuba. From Cuba, they all wind up on the mysterious island populated by zombies, ghosts, & a delightful little mystery. Hope has a few punchlines. Bob Hope referred to Best, as his comedic co-star in The Ghost Breakers (1940), as one of the finest talents he had ever worked with.
It's all very funny & this film kind of set up the model that Hopes solo comedy films would use in different variations throughout his career when he wasn't with Bing. If you haven't seen this, it runs about 90 minutes & is a pleasant diversion. A clip from it about Democrats is very popular on You Tube.