Fight That Ghost

{{Short description|American horror film}}

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| director = Sam Newfield

| starring = {{ubl|Pigmeat Markham|Percy Verwayne}}

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| distributor = Toddy Pictures Company

| released = {{Film date|1946}}

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Fight That Ghost is a 1946 feature horror comedy film. It is considered one of the earliest horror films with an all Black cast.{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=S. Torriano |last2=Berry |first2=Venise T. |title=The A to Z of African American Cinema |date=2 September 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7034-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W28vCHtlJyUC&pg=PA114 |access-date=6 July 2022 |language=en}} It was directed by Sam Newfield.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7177baed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114005038/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7177baed|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2021|title=Fight That Ghost (1946)|website=BFI}} It was a Toddy Pictures Company release.{{Cite web|url=http://dukefilmography.com/sam_newfield.html|title=The Films of Sam Newfield|website=dukefilmography.com}} Bill Dillard portrayed Jim Brown in the film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200021725/|title=FIGHT THAT GHOST|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}} The film includes the songs "Take me" by Porter Grainger as well as "Hard Luck Blues" and "A Brown Skin Gal is the Best Gal After All" by John Murray.

It was one of several films Newfield directed for Toddy including Harlem on the Prairie, Mantan Messes Up, and House-Rent Party. Photo stills for the film exist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walterfilm.com/shop/photographs/fight-that-ghost-1946-set-of-12-photos/|title=FIGHT THAT GHOST (1946) Set of 12 photos|website=WalterFilm}}