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...

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Robert Donat

Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

Jean Parker

Peggy Martin

Eugene Pallette

Mr. Joe Martin

Elsa Lanchester

Miss Shepperton

Ralph Bunker

Ed L. Bigelow

Patricia Hilliard

Shepherdess

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Gladys Martin

Morton Selten

The Glourie

Chili Bouchier

Cleopatra

Mark Daly

Murdoch's Groom

Elliott Mason

Mrs. MacNiff

Victor Rietti

Scientist

Hay Petrie

The McLaggen

Richard Fraser

Son of McLaggen

Jack Lambert

Son of McLaggen

Colin Lesslie

Son of McLaggen

Neil Lester

Son of McLaggen

J. Neil More

Son of McLaggen

David Keir

Creditor

Arthur Seaton

Creditor

Art

Vincent Korda

Set Designer

Camera

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Jack Cardiff

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

John Armstrong

Costume Design

René Hubert

Costume Design

Crew

Ned Mann

Special Effects

Directing

René Clair

Director

Imlay Watts

Assistant Director

Albert Valentin

Assistant Director

Editing

Henry Cornelius

Assistant Editor

William Hornbeck

Supervising Editor

Production

David B. Cunynghame

Production Manager

Sound

Mischa Spoliansky

Original Music Composer

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

Roy Douglas

Orchestrator

A.W. Watkins

Sound Director

Writing

René Clair

Writer

Eric Keown

Writer

Art

Vincent Korda

Set Designer

Camera

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Jack Cardiff

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

John Armstrong

Costume Design

René Hubert

Costume Design

Crew

Ned Mann

Special Effects

Directing

René Clair

Director

Imlay Watts

Assistant Director

Albert Valentin

Assistant Director

Editing

Henry Cornelius

Assistant Editor

William Hornbeck

Supervising Editor

Production

David B. Cunynghame

Production Manager

Sound

Mischa Spoliansky

Original Music Composer

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

Roy Douglas

Orchestrator

A.W. Watkins

Sound Director

Writing

René Clair

Writer

Eric Keown

Writer