Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

Bob Hope
as Wally Campbell

Paulette Goddard
as Joyce Norman

John Beal
as Fred Blythe

Douglass Montgomery
as Charles Wilder

Gale Sondergaard
as Miss Lu

Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Susan

Nydia Westman
as Cicily

George Zucco
as Lawyer Crosby

John Wray
as Hendricks

George Regas
as Indian Guide