The Spook Speaks

IMDb link: 0033091
IMDb rating: 5.5 (183 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Short
Director: Buster Keaton, Jules White
Cast: Elsie Ames, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Appleby and others

Release date: 20 Sep 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 18 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: spiritualist, fake haunted house, husband wife relationship, dark and stormy night, run through with a sword, caretaker, magician, magician's assistant, penguin, roller skates

Plot:

When a magician, Mordini (Lynton Brent) becomes fearful of his magic secrets being stolen, he hires Buster (Buster Keaton) and Elsie (Elsie Anes) to protect his props. They discover what they assume to be a murder and go into action as amateur detectives, without realizing they are the victims of one of the magician's tricks.

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