
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).


“Lou haunts a house - for free!!”
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

Bud Abbott
Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway

Lou Costello
Horatio Prim

Marjorie Reynolds
Melody Allen

Binnie Barnes
Mildred Dean

John Shelton
Sheldon Gage

Gale Sondergaard
Emily

Lynn Baggett
June Prescott

Jess Barker
Thomas Danbury

Ann Gillis
Nora O'Leary

Donald MacBride
Lt. Mason
The Time of Their Lives is a comedy, fantasy, horror film released in 1946 exploring themes of new york city, robbery, haunted house, mistaken identity, black and white, psychiatrist. Directed by Charles Barton, it stars Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds. Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
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