Anna Lee, Edna Best, Gene Tierney

In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted...and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

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Unrated, 104 min.

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Release Date: June 26, 1947

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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003

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  • October 10, 2009
    it seems to have all the ingredients but there's nothing that fixes your gaze to the screen with the exception of gene tierney just being there...
  • November 7, 2007
    A beautiful and quite surreal love story.
    I have a bit of a problem with Rex Harrison. He tends to shout ALL the time and he is a bit of a ham - apart from the odd exception (his deeply human Caesar in the mess that was CLEOPATRA, stood head and shoulders above all the dirge and...( read more) kitsch which all sinks into mediocraty when he's not around anymore) But here, his performance is spot on - his gruff and occasionally quite aggressive manner is more to do with the character's vulnerability and so feels more tender and poignant instead of arrogant and pompous. I'm with Gene Tierney on this one - I would fall in love with him too! Tierney is great casting also (as usual, under the right director, she gives a luminous performance) - capturing perfectly her character's steely veneer of independence - it slowly falling away as she falls under Daniel's spell.
    Poor George Sanders doesn't get much of a look-in in a very small and quite pointless role. But other small roles are quite enjoyable - I particularly enjoyed Robert Coote as Mr Coombe - a British character actor usually typecast as caricature bumbling idiots, but here, he is quite warm and funny. The pursed-lipped and resentful in-laws are a delight as well - the scene where Lucy tells them to "push off!" is wonderful.
    As ever, Herrmann's score enriches the story's emotional depth - which reaches a heavenly crescendo in the incredible ending as our hero and heroine disappear hand in hand into eternity! Amazing.
  • July 14, 2007
    Despite the presence of the lovely Gene Tierney, this stiff backed and dreary period fantasy romance is really rather dull, and the ghostly element to it seemed irrelevant.
  • March 23, 2006
    This is such a beautiful movie! Sweet, but funny; it's charming. A black and white movie I kept in mind long after I'd watched it.
  • November 20, 2009
    It's was an OK film.
  • October 9, 2009
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.......its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that vanessa brown, robert coote, rex harrison, george sanders, isobel elsom, natalie wood, anna lee, edna best, ...( read more)gene tierney play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....i think that the director of this supernatural/comedy/classics/supernatural-comedy movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie....this is a good 1940's classic comedy movie's 2 watch with a good cast throughout this movie
  • July 6, 2009
    A young widow moves into a haunted house with her daughter and starts an unlikely relationship with a ghost.
    I think the best part of this movie was that every time I thought it was heading in one direction, it decided to go off into another one. It was great like that. Fun to ...( read more)watch and all the rest of it. Worth checking out.
  • March 5, 2009
    I really like this movie. I remember the made a series out of it when I was a kid in the 60's.
  • January 24, 2009
    pure fantasy,,wish i was her,,having a great house to live in and a ghost for a friend!
  • January 2, 2009
    Un amor sobrenatural un fantasma marinero que termina protegiendo a la nueva viuda que vive en la que otrora fue su casa

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