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The Ghost Goes West

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In this supernatural comedy, Peggy Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a wealthy American businessman (Eugene Pallette), persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Robert Donat). As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy begin to fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to be an unwelcome presence, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine When it moves, it's a deft and richly amusing jest about a ghost and his living double. Both acted by Robert Donat. But there are minutes when it doesn't move. Apr 20, 2020 Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Robert Donat, perhaps because of the quality of his acting, seemed a very solid ghost, even if you did get occasional glimpses of furniture and wall panelling through his incorporeal midriff. Jul 22, 2019 Full Review Graham Greene The Spectator The silly story, the gross misuse of Clair's peculiar qualities, were forgotten in my admiration for his camera sense. In no other film this year has there been the same feeling of mobility, of visual freedom. Oct 4, 2018 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin A cheerfully-handled comedy, containing elements of fantasy and satire, about an ancient Scottish castle which is bought up by an American millionaire and shipped to America to be re-erected, complete with eighteenth-century ghost. Jan 24, 2018 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Slightly Amusing. Rated: B Oct 28, 2014 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Aug 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blobbo X Standard Sunday-afternoon-type fare. Good to take a nap by. (Annoyning loose end, though: What happened to picture taken of ghost?) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/18/23 Full Review Audience Member good story well crafted Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It's hard to believe that this contrived effort was the highest grossing film in the UK in the year of its release, and that Robert Donat chose this material to follow his hit The 39 Steps. It's not so difficult to get how the film dropped off the radar and isn't held in as high esteem as some of Donat's other films. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Hehehe. I haven't seen this since I was a kid. American's had such odd ideas about the Scots. Silly fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A decent Robert Donat vehicle that is perhaps most valuable for its exploration of the crass nature of American culture, or more precisely, the complete misunderstanding and homogenization of foreign cultures at the hands of Americans - and for that matter, it's probably more of a comment about Hollywood than anything. It's not a great film (despite a few quality moments, mostly to do with the ghost), but it's more probing than contemporaneous films of similar ilk. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Rolig film om ett spöke som följer med ett skotskt slott när det flyttas till Florida. Kul historia och fina skådisar, men bedrövlig dvd-överföring. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this supernatural comedy, Peggy Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a wealthy American businessman (Eugene Pallette), persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Robert Donat). As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy begin to fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to be an unwelcome presence, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.
Director
René Clair
Producer
Alexander Korda
Screenwriter
René Clair, Robert E. Sherwood
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
London Films, United Artists
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m