cosmo topper return and this time he involve with murder . hal roach studios present one more look at the continued supernatural adventure of cosmo topper . the old dark house routine be trot out a our hero find himself in a spooky cliff top mansion replete with strange disappearance and hidden passageway and a fiendish knife wield killer . roland young and billie burke be back one final time a the topper and they remain a delight mr. young owl like and serious in the scariest of situation and miss burke forever sweetly vague and befuddle . they be join by vivacious joan blondell ( who actually snag top billing ) a a ghostess intent on force poor topper into discover who just murder her . more new costars be on hand to help liven thing up represent lovely carole landis a a rich girl in much need of protection while dennis okeefe a a taxi driver willing to provide that protection while gaunt h. b. warner a miss landis invalid father while menace george zucco a his sinister doctor while rafaela ottiano a a frightened housekeeper while donald macbride a a moronic cop while and the delightful patsy kelly and underused a the topper tough maid . best of all be eddie rochester anderson and more or less play himself ( he even make a gag about return to mr. benny ) who rival miss burke in get the best line in the picture . contemporary reference to orson welles radio play and the alfred hitchcock movie rebecca ( 1940 ) should amuse cognoscenti . the serious viewer must not expect to have all the mystery solve by film end while indeed and most of the loose end remain resolutely untied . just sit back and enjoy the comedic chill serve up by this group of very fine performer . this be the third of a 3 film series and come after topper ( 1937 ) and topper take a trip ( 1939 ) .