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(1943, Upgraded 11/11/21) Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ava Gardner, Rick Vallin, Bobby Jordan, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Moran. The East Side Kids find themselves taking on a Nazi spy ring (headed by Bela) inside the cozy confines of a "haunted house." Bela's spy headquarters are in the cellar. Little do the neighbors suspect that there is a Nazi propaganda unit inside--they just think the house is haunted. As luck would have it, Leo, Huntz, and the boys invade the house, thinking it's the recently purchased home of their newlywed pals. When the boys stumble upon Nazi propaganda flyers and printing presses this sends Bela and his cohorts into a tizzy, so with typical Nazi logic they decide to "scare" the boys out of the house, in the hopes they'll think it's haunted. Bela is in a decidedly sour mood for much of the film and takes it out on his henchmen, "why do I have such idiots around me." No classic, but it provides a few smiles and it's always good to see Bela looming about menacingly. A very young Ava Gardner is smashingly beautiful. From a nice 16mm original print.
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