--- title: 'Ghost Dad (1990)' type: 'film' director: 'Sidney Poitier' released: '1990-01-01' runtime_minutes: 80 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-dad-1990' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099654/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ghost Dad (1990) 1990 · 80 min · Fantasy, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Ghost Dad is a 1990 American fantasy comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring Bill Cosby, in which a widower's spirit is able to communicate with his children after his death. The film was released on June 29, 1990. Though the film was nominated for three Young Artist Awards, it was panned by critics and grossed just $25 million against its $30 million budget. This was Cosby's final leading role in a feature film. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier) - **Screenplay:** [Brent Maddock](https://cinepixo.com/people/brent-maddock), [S. S. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-s-wilson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini) - **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-laszlo) - **Editor:** [Pembroke J. Herring](https://cinepixo.com/people/pembroke-j-herring) ## Cast - [Patrika Darbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrika-darbo) - [Barry Corbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-corbin) - [Arnold Stang](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-stang) - [Cathy Cavadini](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathy-cavadini) - [Amy Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-hill) - [Bill Cosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cosby) - [Omar Gooding](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-gooding) - [Denise Nicholas](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-nicholas) - [Dana Ashbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-ashbrook) - [Christine Ebersole](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-ebersole) - [Raynor Scheine](https://cinepixo.com/people/raynor-scheine) - [Dakin Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dakin-matthews) - [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen) - [Jonathan Brandis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-brandis) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-dad-1990 Film facts: Wikidata (Q918689); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.