The Ghost Writer

Aug 15, 1990

0h 27m

★ 6.0

Overview

Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence helps him to write again.

Genres

Comedy

Horror

TV Movie

Production Companies

Alan Spencer Productions

IndieProd Company Productions

New World Television

Phoenix Entertainment Group (PEG)

The Ghost Writer Trailers

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Cast

Anthony Strack

Anthony Perkins

Elizabeth Strack

Leigh Taylor-Young

Edgar Strack

Joshua John Miller

Cindy Strack

Juliet Sorci

Miss Blasko

Pam Matteson

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