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Topper Returns

194188 minUnited States
ComedyThriller
Video edition
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Original language
English
This copy runs
88:21
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

A murdered woman's ghost recruits the reluctant Cosmo Topper to identify her killer and protect a friend. His ability to communicate with the dead again causes trouble among the living. Secret passages and suspicious residents turn a mansion into the centre of an unusual investigation.

Cast

DirectorsRoy Del Ruth

Reception and legacy

The third film in the original Topper cycle combines Thorne Smith's supernatural premise with a murder mystery. UCLA later preserved and restored it, presenting the restoration at its 2022 Festival of Preservation.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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