Lucky Ghost

5.7

/10

1h 1m 7+Comedy Mystery

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken... Read more

Starring Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller, Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Arthur Ray, Florence O'Brien, Harold Garrison, Jessie Cryer, Napoleon Whiting, Jess Lee Brooks, Ida Coffin

Watch "Lucky Ghost" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Flixfling and several more released in 1942. It's a comedy and mystery movie, and has a rating of 5.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is fairly okay for this kind of movie.