
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir(1947)
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.


“The most romantic ghost you've ever seen!”
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...

Robert Donat
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

Jean Parker
Peggy Martin

Eugene Pallette
Mr. Joe Martin

Elsa Lanchester
Miss Shepperton

Ralph Bunker
Ed L. Bigelow

Patricia Hilliard
Shepherdess

Everley Gregg
Mrs. Gladys Martin

Morton Selten
The Glourie

Chili Bouchier
Cleopatra

Herbert Lomas
Fergus
The Ghost Goes West is a romance, comedy, fantasy film released in 1935 exploring themes of florida, scotland, castle, ghost, brick. Directed by René Clair, it stars Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette. 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...
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