The Canterville Ghost
- IMDb link: 0036696
- IMDb rating: 6.9 (3,645 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
- Director: Jules Dassin, Charles Laughton, Norman Z. McLeod
- Cast: Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan and others
- Release date: 1 Aug 1944
- Release year: 1944
- Runtime: 95 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: army private, aunt niece relationship, bomb explosion, boogie woogie dancing, entombed alive, family curse, army lieutenant, pet dog, jousting match, stag hunting
Plot
Storyline
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding and dooms him to life as a ghost until one of his descendants performs a brave deed. Simon believes he may be saved when he meets Cuffy Williams, an American kinsman stationed with a troop of soldiers at the castle in 1943. Will this blood relative save the family honor, or will his blood be as yellow as the rest of the Cantervilles?
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