

The Canterville Ghost
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The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
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- Language
- English
- castle
- liverpool, england
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NR20 Jul 1944
- TheatricalNew York City, New York28 Jul 1944
GermanyDE
- Theatrical30 Sept 1973
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The Canterville Ghost was released on 20 July 1944.
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2- J7/10
John Chard
9/6/2014
Safe and inoffensive fun. Sir Simon of Canterville gets roped into fighting a duel for his cousin, realising he faces certain death he flees the field awash with cowardice. His father is so enraged as to this stain on the family honour he walls Simon up in the castle without food and water until death does strike him down. He is doomed to haunt the Canterville castle until a fellow member of the family can commit …
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CinemaSerf
6/30/2022
An engaging story about a 17th Century cowardly spirit (Charles Laughton) who is condemned to haunt his family's castle until he does something worthy and brave that will release him from his curse. When a group of American soldiers are billeted there during WWII it transpires that one of their number is a distant relative and that maybe he, "Cuffy" (Robert Young), can help him escape his purgatory. It's a fairly swi…
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