The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home (1940)


  • Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1940-03-08
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 19min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Wilhelm Thiele
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Summary

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

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  • Frank Morgan

    as Vernon 'Vern' Adams

  • Billie Burke

    as Cora Adams

  • Ann Rutherford

    as Billie Adams

  • John Shelton

    as Lanny Shea

  • Reginald Owen

    as Hemingway

  • Donald Meek

    as Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.

  • Don Castle

    as Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member

  • Nat Pendleton

    as Roscoe

  • Frank Albertson

    as Ernest

  • Harold Huber

    as Tony

  • Hobart Cavanaugh

    as Ambrose Bundy

  • Ann Morriss

    as Myra

  • Tom Rutherford

    as Mortimer Hopkins, Jr.

  • Renie Riano

    as Sarah Osborn

  • Richard Carle

    as John Reed Thomas

  • King Baggot

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • William A. Boardway

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Buck

    as Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

  • Maurice Costello

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Jules Cowles

    as Townsman on Street (uncredited)

  • Joe Gilbert

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • George Golden

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Robert Haines

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Eddie Hall

    as Pipe-Smoking Pedestrian (uncredited)

  • Charles Halton

    as Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited)

  • Mahlon Hamilton

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Edward Hearn

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Frank Jaquet

    as The Mayor (uncredited)

  • Suzanne Kaaren

    as Nightclub Flower Girl (uncredited)

  • Edward Kilroy

    as Clerk (uncredited)

  • Claude King

    as Chester B. Morlick - Thomas' Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Horace McMahon

    as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

  • Hans Moebus

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Louis Natheaux

    as Myra's Gangster Friend at Bar (uncredited)

  • Richard Neill

    as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

  • William Newell

    as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Passerby Pointing Out Steamship Line (uncredited)

  • Thomas Pogue

    as Man at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Loretta Russell

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • J. Lewis Smith

    as Lefty (uncredited)

  • Ben Taggart

    as Tim Leary (uncredited)

  • Terry

    as Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

  • Bess Wade

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Bobby Watson

    as Waldo (uncredited)

  • Max Linder

    as Club Patron (uncredited)
Directing Wilhelm Thiele Director
Writing Richard Maibaum Screenplay
Writing Harry Ruskin Screenplay
Writing Georg Kaiser Theatre Play
Production Albert E. Levoy Producer
Sound David Snell Original Music Composer
Camera Leonard Smith Director of Photography
Editing William H. Terhune Editor
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Writing Herman J. Mankiewicz Staff Writer

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