Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
Acting
Lupe Vélez's volcanic energy versus Errol's double-take mastery
Production
One haunted house set, maximum RKO b-movie mileage
Director
Leslie Goodwins
Lupe Vélez
Carmelita Lindsay
Leon Errol
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Dennis Lindsay
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Della Lindsay
Donald MacBride
Percy Fitzbadden
Minna Gombell
Edith Fitzbadden
Don Barclay
Fingers O'Toole
Lillian Randolph
Hyacinth
John McGuire
Luders
Mantan Moreland
Lightnin'
Harry Tyler
Bascombe
Marten Lamont
Mr. Harcourt
Richard Martin
Epping's Chauffeur
Barbara Moffett
Secretary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the SEVENTH 'Mexican Spitfire' film in three years; Lupe Vélez reportedly loathed the character by this point.
The 'spitfire' stereotype—hot-tempered Latinx women—dominated Hollywood until Vélez's tragic 1944 death ended the franchise abruptly.
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