Released June 18, 1938. Length: 10 mins. Producer: Hal Roach. Director: Gordon Douglas. Cast: Our Gang (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Darla Hood, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Gary "Junior" Jasgar, Leonard "Percy" Landy), Fred Holmes (Janitor), Billy Bletcher (Voice). Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine. Editor: William Ziegler.
Note: This was the last Our Gang film produced by Hal Roach.
The following is a review from Boxoffice magazine.
"A rather hilarious comedy is this Our Gang effort in which Alfalfa and the boys take detective work. They try to trace a box of candy and wind up in one of those amusement park 'Haunted House' contraptions. Their experiences there are enough to make them give up Sherlock Holmes stuff. It's good program stuff."
The following are some exhibitor's reviews from the Motion Picture Herald.
"Hide and Shriek: Our Gang - A good gang but this series has too much Alfalfa and not enough of the gang. The last half dozen have been 80 per cent, Alfalfa. He is good but it is the kids the people like. - C. I. Niles, Niles Theatre, Anamosa, Iowa. General Patronage."
"Hide and Shriek: Our Gang Comedy - I thought this was a little better than the rest. Running time 11 minutes - Charles Rossi, Strand Theatre, Schroon Lake, N.Y."
Motion Picture News, 1929
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