The Spook Speaks
“W-H-O-O-O IT'S A HOWL !”
A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Spook Speaks performed
Budget
$15,000
Worldwide Gross
$52,500
Gross Profit
$37,500
Return
3.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Buster
Buster Keaton
Buster
Elsie
Elsie Ames
Elsie
Newlywed husband
Don Beddoe
Newlywed husband
Mordini, magician and spiritualist
Lynton Brent
Mordini, magician and spiritualist
Mordini's assistant
John Tyrrell
Mordini's assistant
Mordini's former assistant
Bruce Bennett
Mordini's former assistant
Newlywed wife
Dorothy Appleby
Newlywed wife
Former Assistant's Girlfriend
Evelyn Young
Former Assistant's Girlfriend
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