The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ★★★ 1947
A charming, beautifully orchestrated fantasy about a feisty widow who, with her young daughter, buys a seaside house and refuses to be intimidated by the crabby ghost of its former sea captain owner. When the widow falls into debt, the captain dictates his sea adventures, which she adapts into a successful novel. The ghost also falls in love with the beautiful lady. Tierney is exquisite and Harrison is sharptongued and manly. Based on R. A. Dick's novel. 104m/B VHS, DVD . Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Anna Lee, Vanessa Brown, Robert Coote, Natalie Wood, Isobel Elsom; D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; W: Philip Dunne; C: Charles B(ryant) Lang Jr.; M: Bernard Herrmann.
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