Lester Matthews plays the titular doctor who comes to a village inn at night supposedly as part of a walking holiday but really to investigate a tin mine which isn't running because a headless ghost lurks there. When he is killed a plucky local girl and young army officer take up where he left off.
It does suffer a bit from Talking Killer Syndrome but otherwise it's good stuff
Eleanor Parker ( as Letty Carstairs )
Sex : No but she wears a thin nightie
Death : Survives
Eleanor, from Ohio, was at the beginning of an illustrious career which didn't include much horror but did garner three Oscar nominations at different times. Her last major role was The Baroness in The Sound Of Music , after which she went into television. She died in 2013 aged 91.
Phyllis Barry ( as Ruby )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Phyllis actually was British, originally Gertrude Hillyard from Leeds. She became a dancer in Australia and came to Hollywood in the 1930s. She got a co-starring role opposite Ronald Colman in Cynara ( 1932 ) but after that flopped she was quickly relegated to supporting roles. Her last role came in 1947 and seven years later she committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates aged 45/
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