The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Original title
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Year
- 1947
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Philip Dunne. Novel: R.A. Dick
- Cast
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- Gene Tierney
- Rex Harrison
- George Sanders
- Edna Best
- Vanessa Brown
- Anna Lee
- Robert Coote
- Natalie Wood
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- Music
- Cinematography
Charles Lang (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Fantasy. Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy. Ghosts
- Synopsis
- At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs. Edwin Muir - Lucy - widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-law's home in London to the English seaside with her adolescent daughter Anna and their long devoted maid Martha. Despite the rental agent trying to dissuade her, Lucy decides to rent Gull Cottage at Whitecliff-by-the-Sea. She learns first hand before she makes the decision the rental agent's hesitance is because the cottage is haunted, supposedly by its now deceased former owner, seaman Captain Daniel Gregg. After she moves in, she does meet the spirit of Captain Gregg face-to-face. Because she refuses to be scared away by his presence, the two come to an understanding, including that he will not make his presence known to Anna. As time progresses, the two develop a friendship and a bond. Despite his statements to her that she needs to live her life including finding another husband, Daniel seems not to approve of any of the men that enter her life, ...
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1947: Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography (B&W)
- Critics' reviews
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"The film's whimsy is a bit heavy-handed and it is short on wit, style and ingenuity. Yet most of it is pleasant enough fun"
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