The Galloping Ghost

The Galloping Ghost

226 mins | Action | Sept. 1, 1931

A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.

The Galloping Ghost

226 mins | Action | Sept. 1, 1931

The Galloping Ghost
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Mascot Pictures
Original title The Galloping Ghost
Directors B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer
Writers Helmer Walton Bergman, Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe

Cast

Dorothy Gulliver

as Barbara Courtland

Tom Dugan

as Jerry

Gwen Lee

as Irene Courtland

Francis X. Bushman

as 'Buddy' Courtland

Theodore Lorch

as The Crippled Stranger

Walter Miller

as George Elton

Edward Hearn

as Clay College Coach Harlow

Ernie Adams

as Brady

Tom London

as Mullins

Edward Peil Sr.

as Coach of Baxter Team

Joseph P. Mack

as Lefty

Stepin Fetchit

as Baxter College Locker Room Attendant

Dick Dickinson

as Mogul Taxi Clerk - Bribed Foorball Player Byrns

Wilfred Lucas

as Sportscaster

Yakima Canutt

as Henchman

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Henchman

Lafe McKee

as Narrator / Police Broadcaster

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as Football Fan

Red Grange

as himself