The Canterville Ghost is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin, loosely based on the 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 American descendant called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him. It was remade as a TV movie in of the same name in 1986 and again in 1996.
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Directed by Jules Dassin / Norman Z. McLeod
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Tags
Castle, Film Based On Literature, Rififi, Topkapi, World War Ii
Attributes
Based On: The Canterville Ghost
Subject: haunted house, World War II
Subject: haunted house, World War II
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Alternate Titles
A canterville-i kísértet
HU
Beklenen kahraman
TR
Cantervillen kummitus
FI
Das Gespenst von Canterville
AT, DE
Duch Canterville
PL
El fantasma de Canterville
AR, MX, ES
Fantasmas à Solta
PT
Fantoma din Canterville
RO
Le fantôme de Canterville
FR
Lo spettro di Canterville
IT
O Fantasma de Canterville
BR
Spöket på Canterville
FI, SE
The Canterville Ghost
GB, US
Το φάντασμα του Κάντερβιλ
GR
Кентервильское привидение
, RU
Кентървилският призрак
BG
幽霊は臆病者
JP