The Living Ghost is a 1942 American mystery-drama film directed by William Beaudine and produced by Monogram Pictures. Starring James Dunn and Joan Woodbury, the film incorporates elements of the horror genre as it follows an ex-private detective who is called in to investigate why a banker has turned into a zombie.
Plot:
When wealthy banker Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire) disappears, former private eye Nick Trayne (James Dunn) comes out of retirement to find the missing man. As Nick gets to know the contentious Craig family, the rich man reappears, but someone has put him in an unresponsive, zombie-like state. Then a member of the family is found stabbed to death, with Walter standing over him. When Walter attacks Nick, it seems that the catatonic banker is the killer, but Nick thinks there is more to the mystery.
Cast:
James Dunn as Nick Trayne
Joan Woodbury as Billie Hilton
Paul McVey as Ed Moline
Vera Gordon as Sister Lapidus
Norman Willis as Cedric
J. Farrell MacDonald as Police Lt. "Pete" Peterson
Minerva Urecal as Delia Phillips
George Eldredge as Tony Weldon
Jan Wiley as Tina Craig
Edna Johnson as Helen Craig
Danny Beck as doubletalker
Gus Glassmire as Walter Craig
Lawrence Grant as Dr. Bruhling
Howard Banks as Arthur Wallace
J. Arthur Young as George Phillips
Frances Richards as Dr. Bruhling's nurse
