"IT'S WEIRD! WACKY! WONDERFOOL!" 11 December 1937 Horror, Comedy, Mystery 54 mins
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.
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Hugh Herbert as Kelly
Allen Jenkins as Dempsey
Marcia Ralston as Vesta Vernoff
John Eldredge as Paul Morgan
George Rosener as Capt. Hook
Brandon Tynan as Captain Cobb
Eric Stanley as David Dow Harriman
Margaret Irving as Polly Crane
Elspeth Dudgeon as Nanny
William C. McGann Director
George Bricker Screenplay
Ralph Spence Theatre Play
Ralph Murphy Theatre Play
Donald Gallaher Theatre Play
Arthur L. Todd Director of Photography
Clarence Kolster Editor
Max Parker Art Direction
N'was McKenzie Costume Design
United States 11 December 1937
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Trailer for the 1937 mystery horror comedy Sh! The Octopus directed by William C. McGann and starring Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins.
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