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The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.


“THE SPIRIT... so willing! THE FLESH... so weak! THE ROMANCE... so wonderful!”
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

Gene Tierney
Lucy Muir

Rex Harrison
Capt. Daniel Gregg

George Sanders
Miles Fairley

Edna Best
Martha Huggins

Vanessa Brown
Anna Muir as an Adult

Anna Lee
Mrs. Fairley

Robert Coote
Mr. Coombe

Natalie Wood
Anna Muir as a Child

Isobel Elsom
Angelica Muir

Victoria Horne
Eva Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a romance, fantasy, drama film released in 1947 exploring themes of sea, widow, bedroom, cottage, black and white, dog. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, it stars Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders. In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
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