Summaries

A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.

Down-on-his-luck entrepreneur Bill Martin and sidekick Stuff Oliver try to stay one step in front of creditors in their seedy waterfront office when they meet "The Captain," an idiosyncratic peg-legged old sailor. The Captain is convinced that the treasure of pirate Sir Henry Morgan is hidden somewhere in a castle on an offshore island recently inherited by Martin. His proof is a treasure map, half of which has been stolen by a mysterious phantom who lurks in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to steal the other half. Sensing a moneymaking opportunity, Bill tries to recruit customers willing to pay $50 apiece for a "treasure hunt" outing to the "haunted" island. Among those signing up are heiress Wendy Creighton and her bored, ineffectual boy friend, a dimwitted police sergeant, a professor whose expertise is old maps, a wanted murderer and his moll, and Bill's cousin George, who has recently offered $20,000 to buy the supposedly worthless island. They all get more than the few goosebumps they bargained for as death and the phantom await them in the ghostly castle.—([email protected])

In the tradition of Ten Little Indians, a group of disparate types are lured to a supposedly haunted mansion on a remote island. What started as a treasure-making scheme ends up deadly for a group of people stuck in a seemingly haunted castle with a killer known only as "The Phantom."

Details

Keywords
  • map
  • sleepwalking
  • wooden leg
  • reference to shakespeare's hamlet
  • reference to bluebeard
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Crime
Release date Mar 27, 1941
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish
Filming locations Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production companies Universal Pictures

Box office

Budget $93000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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