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The Ghost Goes Gear is a 1966 British musical comedy film directed by Hugh Gladwish and starring the Spencer Davis Group, Sheila White and Nicholas Parsons.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Hugh Gladwish |
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| Edited by | Ronald Glenister |
| Music by | John Shakespeare |
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| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
A music group go to stay at the childhood home of their manager, a haunted manor house in the English countryside.
Cast edit
- Spencer Davis Group as themselves
- Nicholas Parsons as Algernon Rowthorpe Plumley
- Sheila White as Polly
- Lorne Gibson as Ghost / himself
- Arthur Howard as Vicar
- Jack Haig as Old Edwards
- Joan Ingram as Lady Rowthorpe
- Tony Sympson as Lord Plumley
- Emmett Hennessy as Butch
- Robert Langley as little boy
- Bernard Stone as Ccockney dad
- Janet Davies as cockney wife
- Huw Thomas as news presenter
- St. Louis Union as themselves
- The Three Bells as themselves
- Dave Berry as himself
- Acker Bilk as himself
Critical reception edit
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Pared down for release to little more than half its original length, this musical farrago is an embarrassingly artless affair, dolled up with all kinds of camera trickery but uncomfortably reminiscent of the "quota quickie"."[3]
References edit
- ^ "The Ghost Goes Gear". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "The Ghost Goes Gear (1967)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "The Ghost Goes Gear". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 157. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
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