---
title: 'The Smiling Ghost (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lewis Seiler'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-smiling-ghost-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034204/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Smiling Ghost (1941)

1941 · 71 min · Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Smiling Ghost is a 1941 American horror comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Wayne Morris, Alexis Smith, and Alan Hale. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. In the film, a woman has lost three fiancés to mysterious accidents. The press has circulated rumors that she is haunted by the so-called “Smiling Ghost”. Her grandmother decides to hire an unemployed engineer to pose as the woman's fourth fiancé. The man is soon targeted by the supposed ghost, but suspects that a vengeful former fiancé is behind the attacks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lewis Seiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-seiler)
- **Screenplay:** [Kenneth Gamet](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-gamet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur L. Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-l-todd)

## Cast

- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower)
- [Helen Westley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-westley)
- [Vera Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-lewis)
- [Frank Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wilcox)
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)
- [Alexis Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexis-smith)
- [Brenda Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenda-marshall)
- [Alberto Morin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-morin)
- [Clem Bevans](https://cinepixo.com/people/clem-bevans)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Creighton Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/creighton-hale)
- [Lee Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-patrick)
- [Wayne Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-morris)

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