---
title: 'The Canterville Ghost (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jules Dassin'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-canterville-ghost-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036696/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Canterville Ghost (1944)

1944 · 95 min · Fantasy, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Canterville Ghost is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin, loosely based on the 1887 short story of the same title by Oscar Wilde. It starred Charles Laughton as a ghost doomed to haunt an English castle, and Robert Young as his distant American relative called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin), [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod)
- **Screenplay:** [Edwin Blum](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-blum)
- **Original Music Composer:** [George Bassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bassman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert H. Planck](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-h-planck)
- **Editor:** [Chester Schaeffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-schaeffer)

## Cast

- [Una O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-o-connor)
- [Peter Lawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lawford)
- [Rags Ragland](https://cinepixo.com/people/rags-ragland)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Robert Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-young-2)
- [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen)
- [Mike Mazurki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-mazurki)
- [Frank Faylen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-faylen)
- [Elisabeth Risdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-risdon)
- [William Gargan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-gargan)
- [Margaret O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-o-brien)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)

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