The Canterville Ghost (1944 film)
1944 film by Norman Z. McLeod, Jules Dassin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see The Canterville Ghost (disambiguation).
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 American relative called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him.[1][2]
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Directed by | Jules Dassin Norman Z. McLeod (uncredited) |
Screenplay by | Edwin Blum |
Based on | "The Canterville Ghost" 1887 short story by Oscar Wilde |
Produced by | Arthur Field |
Starring | Charles Laughton Robert Young Margaret O'Brien |
Cinematography | Robert Planck William H. Daniels (uncredited) |
Edited by | Chester Schaeffer |
Music by | George Bassman |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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It was remade as a TV movie of the same title in 1986 and again in 1996.