The Spirit Is Willing

Jul 7, 1967

1h 40m

★ 5.4

Kiss-Hungry Girl Ghosts Looking for a Live Lover in a Haunted House of Mayhem.

Overview

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

William Castle Productions

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Cast

Ben Powell

Sid Caesar

Kate Powell

Vera Miles

Steve Powell

Barry Gordon

Uncle George

John McGiver

Felicity Twitchell

Cass Daley

Miles Thorpe

Ricky Cordell

Gloria Tritt

Mary Wickes

Fess Dorple

Jesse White

Ebenezer Twitchell

Robert Donner

Felicity's Father

Nestor Paiva

Booper Mellish

Doodles Weaver

Mother

Jay C. Flippen

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