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Enjoyable Oscar Wilde comic fantasy, about a 300-year-old ghoul who returns to haunt a platoon of American soldiers billeted during World War II in an old English castle. The ghost is stuck in limbo until one of his descendants performs an heroic deed.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, War Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1943) (3 Star)

Cast:

Charles Laughton	.... Sir Simon de Canterville/The Ghost
Robert S. Young	.... Cuffy Williams
Margaret O'Brien	.... Lady Jessica de Canterville
William Gargan	.... Sergeant Benson
Reginald Owen	.... Lord Canterville

Supporting Cast:

Rags Ragland	.... Big Harry
Una O'Connor	.... Mrs. Umney
Donald Stuart	.... Sir Valentine Williams
Elisabeth Risdon	.... Mrs. Polverdine
Frank Faylen	.... Lieutenant Kane
Lumsden Hare	.... Mr. Potts
Mike Mazurki	.... Metropolus
William Moss	.... Hector
Bobby Readick	.... Eddie
Marc Cramer	.... Bugsy MacDougle

Directors:

Jules Dassin

Writers:

Oscar Wilde