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Lonesome Ghosts

Lonesome Ghosts

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy run a ghost exterminating agency.

19376.90h 9m

Overview

On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

Directed by Burt Gillett
Written by Dick Friel
Produced by Walt Disney
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Top Cast

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Clarence Nash

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

Pinto Colvig

Pinto Colvig

Goofy (voice) (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Don Brodie

Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

J

Jack Bergman

Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

H

Harry Stanton

Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

duckmousehalloweenghostbusterhaunted househauntingsurrealismdogcartoon mouseghostcartoon dogcartoon duckshort film

About Lonesome Ghosts

Lonesome Ghosts is a animation, comedy, horror film released in 1937 exploring themes of duck, mouse, halloween, ghostbuster, haunted house, haunting. Directed by Burt Gillett, it stars Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher. On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

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