The Man in the Trunk

Sep 19, 1942

1h 11m

★ 0.0

He's a howl of a horror who'd rather haunt a lady's boudoir than a house!

Overview

The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Peggy LaRue

Lynne Roberts

Dick Burke

George Holmes

Jim Cheevers

Raymond Walburn

Reginald DeWinters

J. Carrol Naish

Lola DeWinters

Dorothy Peterson

Abbie Addison

Eily Malyon

Sam Kohler

Arthur Loft

Doctor Pluma

Milton Parsons

Detective Murtha

Matt McHugh

Police Lieut. Braley

Charles Cane

Theodore Swann

Theodore von Eltz

Yvonne Duvalle

Joan Marsh

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