The Smiling Ghost (1941)
it's eerie! it's cheery!
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
- Date of release
- 1941-09-06
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery, Horror
- Director
- Lewis Seiler
Casting
- Wayne Morris — Alexander "Lucky" Downing
- Brenda Marshall — Lil Barstow
- Willie Best — Clarence
- Alexis Smith — Elinor Bentley
- Alan Hale — Norton
- Helen Westley — Grandmother Bentley
- Lee Patrick — Rose Fairchild
- David Bruce — Paul Myron
- Charles Halton — Ames Bentley
- Richard Ainley — Tennant Bentley
- Roland Drew — Hilton Fairchild
- George Meader — Dinwiddle
Interesting facts
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.
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