Three Live Ghosts

Story

Synopsis

An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.

Director

Thornton Freeland

Writers

Sally Winters, Helen Hallett, Frederic S. Isham

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

15 September 1929

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Beryl Mercer

  Mrs. Gubbins

• 

  Joan Bennett

  Rose Gordon

• 

  Robert Montgomery

  William Foster

• 

  Hilda Vaughn

  Peggy Woofers

• 

  Harry Stubbs

  Bolton

• Nanci Price

  Alice (as Nancy Price)

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  Charles McNaughton

  Jimmie Gubbins