The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod, Jules Dassin

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cowardly ghost is stuck haunting his castle until a relative from America arrives to help him break the curse. The ghost and his descendant team up for a comedic adventure to get the ghost his act of bravery done.

lightheartedwhimsicalfunnyfamily-friendlyplayfulold-fashionedgentle

What happens

The Canterville Ghost is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin, loosely based on the 1887 short story of the same title by Oscar Wilde. It starred Charles Laughton as a ghost doomed to haunt an English castle, and Robert Young as his distant American relative called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him. It was remade as a TV movie of the same title in 1986 and again in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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