Review of The Ghost Walks

When a group of strangers are gathered together at an abandoned mansion and accused of murder, it soon becomes apparent that it is all a hoax, but murder follows involving the party's hostess and efforts for the remaining guests to sleep becomes more difficult thanks to the strange events that recur throughout the evening. Even the presence of beat cop Spencer Charters can't calm the guests, especially after one of them (Johnny Arthur) finds himself victim to a canopy bed that appears to descend down on him. Arthur, the constantly fired assistant to Broadway producer Richard Carle, is an odd suspect, because the only violent act he could be capable of committing would be forcibly re-doing somebody's hair. John Miljan and June Collyer are the typical young lovers caught in the middle of this situation, although for much of the film, Collyer is off screen, having just fainted, leaving only the men onscreen to try to solve the murder of hostess Eve Southern. It's an amusing, but still very inconsequential "D" grade thriller, mixed with comedy, a few macabre touches, and some interesting, if cliched, characterizations.