A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
Acting
Joe E. Brown's mouth is practically its own character.
Production
Genuine 1939 Coney Island location shots are haunting in retrospect.
Director
Edward Sedgwick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joe E. Brown's famous wide-mouthed yell was so distinctive that Warner Bros. insured his oral cavity for $100,000 with Lloyd's of London.
This was one of the last films shot at the original Luna Park before it burned down in 1944, making these ghost train sequences accidentally archival.
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