Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Joe, the watchman
- (as George Hayes)
John M. Sullivan
- Watson
- (as John Maurice Sullivan)
Raymond Brown
- Spy Chief
- (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
- Cmdr. Bryson
- (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
- Grimson's Aide
- (uncredited)
George Nash
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Harry Schultz
- Aide
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- Quotes
Prof. Grimson: The - ah - tube controls the energy, which will operate it by radio.
First Officer Cliff Rogers: It's uncanny, Professor.
Prof. Grimson: It's... science.
Featured review
A Real Sleeper Ship
Professor Grimson invents a device which can power a liner by remote control. Obviously enemy spies would love to get ahold of the device and send an agent to mix among the various vacationers unnoticed while he or she sabotaged the ship. The inventor is strangled and the crew must wait until the steering experiment is proven a success before the saboteur strikes, and what has this all to do with the ship's captain, Holling taking ill right before the ship is to depart. Very shoddy script and direction send this one to Davy Jones locker. The first 45 minutes is describing parts of the mechanism, then introducing the passengers and watching them mingle with each other before anything remotely interesting happens at the end, which last about three minutes, and seems so out of place with the pace of the earlier footage. Not good, even by Monogram standards. Zeffie Tilbury is annoying as the old lady looking for romance. Only plus for this film for me, was that, as always, Astrid Allwyn looked cute as a button. Edwin Maxwell and Gustav Von Seyffertitz lend a sinister presence. Rating- 3.
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- Also known as
- The Ghost of John Holling
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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