"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 3, 1949 with Bob Hope reprising his film role.
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 14, 1951 with Bob Hope again reprising his film role.
"The Ghost Breaker" opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 3 March 1913 and closed in May 1913 after 72 performances. The opening night cast included H.B. Warner who also starred in the 1914 film adaptation of the play.
Bob Hope is said to have enjoyed this role since it was a total change of pace for him. In most of his films he portrays a coward while, in this one, he is heroic.
Robert Ryan makes his screen debut.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
The castle in the story is called "Castillo Maldito". It means "Castle of the Damned", or "Evil Castle".
The play, "The Ghost Breaker," by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, was filmed twice as a silent film, in 1914 (directed by Cecil B. DeMille), and in 1922. Both silent versions are considered lost. The play was filmed a final time as Scared Stiff, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Bob Hope made a cameo appearance in the film.