The Canterville Ghost is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin. It starred Charles Laughton as a ghost doomed to haunt a castle.
It was remade as a TV movie in 1986 and again in 1996.
In the seventeenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) flees to the family castle to avoid a duel with a gigantic opponent (played by an uncredited Tor Johnson). His proud father, Lord Canterville (Reginald Owen), refuses to acknowledg...
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The Canterville Ghost is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin. It starred Charles Laughton as a ghost doomed to haunt a castle.
It was remade as a TV movie in 1986 and again in 1996.
In the seventeenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) flees to the family castle to avoid a duel with a gigantic opponent (played by an uncredited Tor Johnson). His proud father, Lord Canterville (Reginald Owen), refuses to acknowledge that his son has disgraced the family name, even when shown in front of witnesses where Simon is cowering. The father has the only entrance to his son's hiding place bricked over as proof that Simon is not there, ignoring Simon's pleas for mercy. Lord Canterville then curses his cowardly son to find no rest until one of his descendants redeems him with an act of bravery.
The film then moves forward to World War II. US Army Rangers are billeted in the castle, owned now by a six-year-old Lady Jessica de Canterville (Margaret O'Brien). One of...
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