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Blackbeard's Ghost

Name: Blackbeard's Ghost
Director: Robert Stevenson
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Released: 1968
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Richard Deacon

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

1968 · Directed by Robert Stevenson · 106 min · Comedy · Fantasy · Family · 10 frames

Tagline

He's out'a sight...literally!

Crew

Screenplay: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
Cinematography: Edward Colman
Edited by: Robert Stafford
Music: Robert F. Brunner
Produced by: Bill Walsh

Cast

Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
Dean Jones as Steve Walker
Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker
Elsa Lanchester as Emily Stowecroft
Richard Deacon as Dean Wheaton
Joby Baker as Silky Seymour
Elliott Reid as TV Commentator
Norman Grabowski as Virgil
Kelly Thordsen as Motorcycle Officer
Michael Conrad as Pinetop Purvis

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English, French
Studios: Walt Disney Productions
Themes: witch, gambling, american football coach, auction, coach, pirate, new england, ghost, seaside town, blackbeard

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More by Robert Stevenson

Bedknobs and Broomsticks — 1971
The Love Bug — 1968
That Darn Cat! — 1965
Old Yeller — 1957
Jane Eyre — 1943
Mary Poppins — 1964

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