Ghost in the Noonday Sun is a 1973 comedy film, directed by Peter Medak, starring Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. The script was written by Evan Jones & Ernest Tidyman (uncredited) with "additional dialogue" attributed to Spike Milligan. It was produced by Thomas Clyde & Gareth Wigan with cinematography by Michael Reed & Larry Pizer.
Bumbling pirate crewman (Sellers) kills his captain after learning where he has hidden buried treasure. However ...
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun is a 1973 comedy film, directed by Peter Medak, starring Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. The script was written by Evan Jones & Ernest Tidyman (uncredited) with "additional dialogue" attributed to Spike Milligan. It was produced by Thomas Clyde & Gareth Wigan with cinematography by Michael Reed & Larry Pizer.
Bumbling pirate crewman (Sellers) kills his captain after learning where he has hidden buried treasure. However as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he's murdered to help him find the treasure. This film provided a brief reunion of sorts for Sellers who appears in one sequence with his onetime Goon colleague Spike Milligan. Both Sellers and Milligan launch into an improvised routine which is unfortunately poor and undeserving of their talent.
During filming Sellers quickly lost interest in the project and would often pretend to be sick, only to be later spotted water-skiing the same day. Co-star Tony Franciosa...
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