The Canterville Ghost

“It puts you in the best of spirits!”

6.8(45)19441h 35m

ComedyFantasy

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

Director

Jules Dassin

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Cast

Charles Laughton

Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost

Robert Young

Cuffy Williams

Margaret O'Brien

Lady Jessica de Canterville

William Gargan

Sergeant Benson

Reginald Owen

Lord Canterville

Una O'Connor

Mrs. Umney

Rags Ragland

Big Harry Waters

Donald Stuart

Sir Valentine Williams

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Polverdine

Frank Faylen

Lieutenant John Kane

Lumsden Hare

Mr. Potts

Mike Mazurki

Metropolus

Reviews

2 reviews

John Chard

11y ago

7.0

Safe and inoffensive fun. Sir Simon of Canterville gets roped into fighting a duel for his cousin, realising he faces certain death he flees the field awash with cowardice. His father is so enraged as to this stain on the family honour he walls Simon up in the castle without food and water until death does strike him down. He is doomed to haunt the Canterville castle until a fellow member of th...

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

An engaging story about a 17th Century cowardly spirit (Charles Laughton) who is condemned to haunt his family's castle until he does something worthy and brave that will release him from his curse. When a group of American soldiers are billeted there during WWII it transpires that one of their number is a distant relative and that maybe he, "Cuffy" (Robert Young), can help him escape his purgator...