Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Trisha Noble
Spooky spoofery is the name of the game in this mystery-comedy in which two inept investigators -- Inspector Winship (Don Knotts) and Dr. Tart (Tim Conway, who also co-wrote the screenplay) -- investi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 10, 2000
Stats: 217 reviews
A lot of lost potential here. The poems/clues the murderer/ghost leaves for the detectives are slightly funny. All the jokes are groaners. I might have appreciated the movie more when I was younger. The plot is a mess. Knotts and Conway had partnered in Disney comedies with ...( read more)
Now THIS is what I'm talking about. THIS is how you do a spoof. Unlike today, where "spoof" movies copy shots from popular movies and attempt to make a joke of them, this movie spoofs an entire genre by honoring it. Don Knotts and Tim Conway were a great comedy duo. Knotts was fo...( read more)
This is a great comedy. Starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts as two bumbling detectives trying to solve a mystery in a haunted house. Sort of a Sherlock Holmes spoof. Knotts and Conway both have great comedy chemistry in this. Full of laughs and a fun story. Well worth the watch.
Lord and Lady Morley have been murdered and even worse, Inspector Winship (Knotts) and Dr. Tart (Conway) are on the case. Sent in by the yard to investigate, Tart and Winship are on the prowl to catch a killer that is staying right in the Lord and Ladies manor. They also received...( read more)
Perhaps the funniest pairing of Tim Conway & Don Knotts. So sad that they were'nt used more than the four films they made. This is clearly their best.
Wow! i havnt seen this movie in ten years. Classic comedy at it's finest. Who ever heard of a gun that goes off every hour? LOL. The letters/poems the killer makes are absolutely hysterical. Man i wish I had it on DVD
Funny spoof on the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson movies. Don Knotts is Inspector Winship and Tim Conway is Dr. Tart. The plot isn't very deep but the humor is and the film is quite funny. The two dim-witted detectives are sent in to solve a murder by the man who was m...( read more)
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