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The Ghost Goes West

Play trailer Poster for The Ghost Goes West 1936,  1h 25m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this supernatural comedy, Peggy Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a wealthy American businessman (Eugene Pallette), persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Robert Donat). As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy begin to fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to be an unwelcome presence, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine Apr 20, 2020
When it moves, it's a deft and richly amusing jest about a ghost and his living double. Both acted by Robert Donat. But there are minutes when it doesn't move. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Jul 22, 2019
Robert Donat, perhaps because of the quality of his acting, seemed a very solid ghost, even if you did get occasional glimpses of furniture and wall panelling through his incorporeal midriff. Go to Full Review
Graham Greene The Spectator Oct 4, 2018
The silly story, the gross misuse of Clair's peculiar qualities, were forgotten in my admiration for his camera sense. In no other film this year has there been the same feeling of mobility, of visual freedom. Go to Full Review
MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin Jan 24, 2018
A cheerfully-handled comedy, containing elements of fantasy and satire, about an ancient Scottish castle which is bought up by an American millionaire and shipped to America to be re-erected, complete with eighteenth-century ghost. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 28, 2014
B
Slightly Amusing. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 2, 2005
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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René Clair

Director

Robert Donat

Murdoch Glourie

Jean Parker

Peggy Martin

Eugene Pallette

Mr. Joe Martin

Elsa Lanchester

Miss Shepperton

Ralph Bunker

Ed L. Bigelow

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The Ghost Goes West

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Movie Info

Synopsis In this supernatural comedy, Peggy Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a wealthy American businessman (Eugene Pallette), persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Robert Donat). As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy begin to fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to be an unwelcome presence, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.
Director
René Clair
Producer
Alexander Korda
Screenwriter
René Clair, Robert E. Sherwood
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
London Films, United Artists
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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