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Whispering Ghosts
2026-11-14 15:31:04 · Cedar Herald Index
Whispering Ghosts is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Milton Berle, Brenda Joyce and John Shelton. The film concerns a group of people who try to solve a murder.
Premise
An unusual group of people gather on the wreck of a ship and try to solve a murder committed more than a decade earlier.

Cast
Milton Berle as H. H. Van Buren
Brenda Joyce as Elizabeth Woods
John Shelton as David Courtland
John Carradine as Norbert
Willie Best as Euclid Brown
Edmund MacDonald as Jerry Gilpin
Arthur Hohl as Inspector Norris
Grady Sutton as Jonathan Flack
Milton Parsons as Dr. Walter Bascomb
Abner Biberman as Mack Wolf
Renie Riano as Meg
Charles Halton as Attorney Mark Gruber
Harry Hayden as Conroy
Frank Faylen as Curly the Announcer
Jack Gargan as Shadow
George Offerman Jr. as Chuck the Mechanic
Marvin Stephens as Page Boy
References
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1940s comedy mystery films
1942 films
20th Century Fox films
American black-and-white films
American comedy mystery films
Films about radio people
Films directed by Alfred L. Werker
Films set in New York City
Films scored by Emil Newman
Films scored by Leigh Harline
1942 comedy films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
