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The Smiling Ghost is a 1941 American horror comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Wayne Morris, Alexis Smith, and Alan Hale. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. In the film, a woman has lost three fiancés to mysterious accidents. The press has circulated rumors that she is haunted by the so-called “Smiling Ghost”. Her grandmother decides to hire an unemployed engineer to pose as the woman's fourth fiancé. The man is soon targeted by the supposed ghost, but suspects that a vengeful former fiancé is behind the attacks.