The Ghost Goes West

Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...

Cast

Robert Donat

Robert Donat

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

Jean Parker

Jean Parker

as Peggy Martin

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

as Mr. Joe Martin

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

as Miss Shepperton

Ralph Bunker

Ralph Bunker

as Ed L. Bigelow

Patricia Hilliard

Patricia Hilliard

as Shepherdess

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

as Mrs. Gladys Martin

Morton Selten

Morton Selten

as The Glourie

Chili Bouchier

Chili Bouchier

as Cleopatra

Herbert Lomas

Herbert Lomas

as Fergus

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Robert Donat (the younger "Glourie") is on good form in this enjoyably daft ghostly caper that sees the son of the chief of a cowardly Scottish clan condemned to haunt his castle until their sworn enemy the "McLaggen" takes an oath declaring that one "Glourie" is worth fifty of them. This all starte...

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