Rainey Dawn Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi are out to spook us in this very cute comedy mystery. Who is out to kill Janis Bellacrest? Why are they trying to kill her? Is Aunt Margo Bellacrest right about spirits haunting? Is Prince Saliano a charlatan or a real spirit medium? Watch the film and "You'll Find Out" the answers!! The movie is well worth watching if you love the old school comedy and humor. It's a very cute movie and will brighten up an otherwise drab day. Lorre, Karloff and Lugosi will not disappoint --- and the rest of the cast are just as good... very funny.I must mention Kay Kyser and his band are great in this!! The opening of the film is very comical - it will grab your attention and tickle your funny bone.8/10

mark.waltz Karloff and Lugosi are back together again, and this time, they aren't on opposite sides, but along with Peter Lorre, plotting the hopefully perfect crime. There's no vampire chaser or torch-carrying townspeople after them, just a wacky bandleader (Kay Kyser) and his assorted group of nutty band members. Helen Parrish is the heir to her aunt Alma Kruger's estate, but Aunt Alma is into the occult, under the spell of evil swami Lugosi and devoted to her attorney Karloff. Peter Lorre arrives at a party to celebrate Parrish's birthday as an investigator of fraudulent occult leaders where Parrish is in danger from someone trying to murder her.The corny Kay Kyser had a hit radio show in the late 1930's and 1940's. He made one film a year at RKO from 1939 to 1943, and here, he gets to spoof the old dark house genre. The three villains are all appropriately creepy, and Kruger, usually cast as a stern dowager, is closer to the type of roles Billie Burke was playing. Dennis O'Keefe, who appeared in another similar film the same year ("Topper Returns"), is again the handsome hero protecting the endangered heroine. A cute little pup with a glow-in-the-dark waggedy tale also gets to steal a few scenes and even ends up a hero.Musically, there are some good things here, with pretty Ginny Simms singing the Oscar Nominated "I'd Know You Anywhere". Two comical numbers are presented with some truly corny visual and verbal gags, including "Like the Fella Once Said" and the totally silly "The Bad Humor Man", giving mop-topped Ish Kabibble (the name says it all) his opportunity to take silliness to a new level of eye-rolling groans. When the film focuses on the supernatural elements of the script, it gives out a few goose-bumps, especially Lugosi's sound-altered voice coming from an instrument attached to his windpipe. That instrument, used for a musical finale, may not have altered the shape of American music, but it does provide both chills and amusement here. Corny humor may not have aged gracefully as we got more cynical, but in small doses, it can be amusing.

Michael O'Keefe This mixture of music, mystery and mayhem is billed as being the only film in which Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Bela Lugosi appear together. And this assembly is to do what...bring about shock and fear? Nope. Kay Kyser and his novelty band are to entertain at a birthday party at a creepy old mansion filled with secret passage ways and threats of murder in the air. Thunder and lightning and faulty lighting lend to the mystery surrounding the gathering of party goers. Lorre is mad scientist Karl Fenninger. Boris Karloff is the friend of the family, but sinister Judge Mainwaring. And actually comical is Prince Saliano the fake swami played by Bela Lugosi.Kyser and his Band provide several tunes that includes one that sums up this film "Don't Think It Ain't Been Charming". Also in the cast are: Helen Parrish, Dennis O'Keefe and Alma Kruger.

bensonmum2 IMDb lists this film as a Comedy / Horror / Musical / Mystery. While it does have elements of all four genres, none are portrayed very well. The comedy is weak. The horror is almost non-existent. While there are musical numbers, none is very memorable. And the mystery could be solved by a first grader. Sounds pretty bad, huh? With all this having been said, I still enjoy this movie. Why? Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Peter Lorre make their only joint appearance in a film (that I'm aware of). Each provides a level of excitement and enjoyment to what would otherwise be a very forgettable movie. In the film, they are plotting together to scheme a rich heiress out of her fortune. It's up to Kay Kyser and his band to save the day. The plot involves psychics, poison darts, ghosts, trap doors, and hidden passageways. If you're a fan of Lugosi, Karloff, and Lorre, You'll Find Out can be fun.