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The Ghost Comes Home

5.719401h 19mMovieRomanceComedyDrama

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

DirectorWilhelm Thiele
WritersRichard Maibaum·Harry Ruskin
ProducerAlbert E. Levoy

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Cast · Directed by Wilhelm Thiele

FMFrank Morgan
Frank Morgan
Vernon 'Vern' Adams
BBBillie Burke
Billie Burke
Cora Adams
ARAnn Rutherford
Ann Rutherford
Billie Adams
JSJohn Shelton
John Shelton
Lanny Shea
ROReginald Owen
Reginald Owen
Hemingway
DMDonald Meek
Donald Meek
Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.
DCDon Castle
Don Castle
Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member
NPNat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton
Roscoe
FAFrank Albertson
Frank Albertson
Ernest
HHHarold Huber
Harold Huber
Tony
HCHobart Cavanaugh
Hobart Cavanaugh
Ambrose Bundy
AMAnn Morriss
Ann Morriss
Myra

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