The Ghost Goes West
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- Runtime
- 95 mins
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...
Cast
- Robert Donat
- Jean Parker
- Eugene Pallette
- Elsa Lanchester
- Ralph Bunker
- Patricia Hilliard
- Everley Gregg
- Morton Selten
- Chili Bouchier
- Herbert Lomas
- Mark Daly
- Elliott Mason
- Quinton McPherson
- Victor Rietti
- Hay Petrie
- Richard Fraser
- Jack Lambert
- Colin Lesslie
- Neil Lester
- J. Neil More
- David Keir
- Arthur Seaton
Director
- René Clair
Producers
- Alexander Korda
Screenwriter
- Robert E. Sherwood