Review – The Living Ghost

The DirecTV listings didn’t identify this picture from 1942 as a comedy, perhaps because it isn’t particularly funny. But you can tell it’s supposed to be, with an endless barrage of snappy quips delivered by James Dunn with an irksome ain’t-I-cute smirk on his face the whole time. He plays an eccentric detective summoned to the mansion of a wealthy man who appears to be suffering from a bad case of zombification. The only part that caught my attention at all was a brief passage exploring a possible medical explanation for the victim’s condition. It’s some mumbo jumbo about paralyzing part of the brain, but at least they made an effort. The rest of the movie is witless, cheaply produced and completely missable. See if desperate