The Ghost Goes Wild

Aug 8, 1947

1h 6m

★ 5.0

Overview

Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Romance

Mystery

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

The Ghost Goes Wild Trailers

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Cast

Monte Crandall

James Ellison

Phyllis Beecher

Anne Gwynne

Eric

Edward Everett Horton

Aunt Susan Beecher

Ruth Donnelly

Irene Winters

Stephanie Bachelor

Bill Winters

Grant Withers

The Late Timothy Beecher

Lloyd Corrigan

Prof. Jacques Dubonnet

Emil Rameau

Max Atterbury

Jonathan Hale

T. O'Connor Scott

Charles Halton

Judge

Holmes Herbert

Newsstand man

Edward Gargan

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