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Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost

Comedy · Fantasy · Family · 1968

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

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Blackbeard's Ghost

“He's out'a sight...literally!”

1968 Comedy · Fantasy · Family 1h 46m

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6.7 / 10

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The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

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Directed by

Robert Stevenson

Written by

Don DaGradi · Bill Walsh

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Captain Blackbeard

Dean Jones

Dean Jones

Steve Walker

Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Jo Anne Baker

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Emily Stowecroft

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

Dean Wheaton

Joby Baker

Joby Baker

Silky Seymour

Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid

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Court is in session

Put Blackbeard's Ghost on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.