Haunted Spooks

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.

Cast

Harold Lloyd

as The Boy

Mildred Davis

as The Girl

Wally Howe

as The Uncle

Sammy Brooks

as Short Butler (uncredited)

William Gillespie

as The Lawyer (uncredited)

Mark Jones

as Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)

Dee Lampton

as Fat Butler (uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

as Bearded Man in Car (uncredited)

Sunshine Sammy Morrison

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Marie Mosquini

as The Other Girl (uncredited)

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