The Ghost and the Guest

The Ghost and the Guest
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Directed by	William Nigh
Produced by	Arthur Alexander (producer) Alfred Stern (producer)
Written by	Morey Amsterdam (writer) Milt Gross (story)
Cinematography	Robert E. Cline
Edited by	Charles Henkel Jr.
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Ghost and the Guest is a 1943 American film directed by William Nigh.

Plot

Webster Frye (James Dunn) and his newly-wed wife Jackie (Florence Rice) travel to an old house in the country for their honeymoon. They begin to think the house is haunted, but it turns out that the house is being used as a gangster hideout.^[1]^[2]

Cast

James Dunn as Webster Frye
Florence Rice as Jacqueline "Jackie" DeLong / Frye
Robert Dudley as Ben Bowron
Mabel Todd as Little Sister Mabel
Sam McDaniel as Harmony Jones
Jim Toney as Police Chief Bagwell
Eddy Chandler as Policeman Herbie
Robert Bice as Smoothie Lewis
Renee Carson as Big Sister Josie
Anthony Warde as Killer Blake
Anthony Caruso as Henchman Ted
Eddie Foster as Henchman Harold

Production

The Ghost and the Guest was the first film written by Morey Amsterdam, who had previously written lyrics for the film With Love and Kisses (1937).^[3] His screenplay was based on a story by Milt Gross.^[4]

Release and reception

Halliwell's Film Guide describes it as a "predictable, mildly amusing second feature comedy-thriller".

References

↑ Blockbuster Entertainment (1997). Blockbuster Entertainment Guide to Movies and Videos, 1998. Island Books. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-440-22419-8.
↑ "The Ghost and the Guest." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Gale. 2008.
↑ "Amsterdam, Morey (1908-1996)." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Gale. 2000.
↑ Wilson, Staci Layne (20 March 2007). 50 Years Of Ghost Movies. Staci Wilson. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-9675185-2-7.

External links

The Ghost and the Guest at the American Film Institute Catalog
The Ghost and the Guest at the Internet Movie Database
The Ghost and the Guest is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by William Nigh

Salomy Jane (1914)
Emmy of Stork's Nest (1915)
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
The Slave (1917)
Wife Number Two (1917)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Fire Brigade (1926)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Nest (1927)
The Law of the Range (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Desert Nights (1929)
Thunder (1929)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Without Honor (1932)
Men Are Such Fools (1932)
Mystery Liner (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
City Limits (1934)
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Don't Get Personal (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
The Law Commands (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
The Streets of New York (1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Son of the Navy (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Zis Boom Bah (1941)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Lady from Chungking (1942)
Corregidor (1943)
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Trocadero (1944)
Divorce (1945)
Allotment Wives (1945)
The Gay Cavalier (1946)
Partners in Time (1946)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

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