SCARED STIFF (1945) - DVD

AKA: THE TREASURE OF FEAR. Stars Jack Haley (WIZARD OF OZ), Ann Savage and Barton MacLane. The newspaper man for a daily chess section (Haley) accidentally gets involved in a murder mystery at an old tavern. A case of mistaken identity whirls Haley into detective mode as the plot thickens. Spooky-mystery-comedy programmer from the 1940s.