The Canterville Ghost

Based On the book by Oscar Wilde

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 distant American relative called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him. It was remade as a TV movie of the same title in 1986 and again in 1996.

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Release date:

1944

Director:

Norman Z. McLeod, Jules Dassin

Cast:

Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan, Reginald Owen

Genre:

Fantasy, Comedy, Ghost

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1944 in adaptations