The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

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Cast & Crew

Gene Tierney
Lucy Muir, Lucia

Rex Harrison
Capt. Daniel Gregg

George Sanders
Miles Fairley, Uncle Ned

Edna Best
Martha Huggins

Vanessa Brown
Anna Muir (as an Adult)

Anna Lee
Mrs. Miles Fairley

Robert Coote
Mr. Coombe

Natalie Wood
Anna Muir (as a Child)

Isobel Elsom
Angelica

Victoria Horne
Eva

Whitford Kane
Sproule (uncredited)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director

R.A. Dick
Writer

Philip Dunne
Writer

Fred Kohlmar
Producer

Bernard Herrmann
Original Music

Charles Lang
Cinematographer

Dorothy Spencer
Film Editor

George W. Davis
Art Direction

Richard Day
Art Direction

Thomas Little
Set Decoration

Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration

Eleanor Behm
Costume Designer

Oleg Cassini
Costume Designer

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Critic Reviews for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Audience Reviews for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

• Sep 07, 2018

  What a unique feeling this film gives me. What we're expected to believe is so unrealistic, that this widow (Gene Tierney) rents out a cottage haunted by the ghost of an old sea captain (Rex Harrison), that she can see him and yet never tries to touch him, that she puts up with him sleeping in her bedroom, and that the two have what seems to be a normal relationship. And yet, within this world that director Joseph L. Mankiewicz creates, there is such earnestness in the performances, and such atmosphere in this foggy old seaside cottage, that we find ourselves drawn in. Tierney and Harrison are both wonderful, and such contrasting characters. He helps her deal with her dead husband's mother and sister, and she helps him type up the story of his life, offering suggestions along the way. I loved his saltiness, with the subtle hints of his ribald life in the book's narration slipped in under the production code, and his sailor's language seeping in to Tierney's. The smaller roles are interesting as well, including Edna Best as the sassy housekeeper, and little 8-year-old Natalie Wood as her daughter. When she meets a 'real life' man (George Sanders) who begins wooing her, an odd sort of love triangle forms. Sanders' character is a gentleman and an intellectual, and says things like this, the first day they meet and it's raining: "It's easy to understand why the most beautiful poems about England in the spring were written by poets living in Italy at the time." The film could easily have been bungled, either by its premise, or by becoming too melodramatic. I think the class with which the cast play their parts is a big part of the success. The way Mankiewicz filmed a couple of touching scenes between Tierney and Harrison is also memorable. This one is for those who like romance and fantasy.
  Antonius B Super Reviewer
• May 23, 2018

  With a moving score by Bernard Herrmann, this atmospheric piece of cinema becomes one of the great screen romances, ocean waves poetically shown crashing against the shore to relay the passage of time. A widow and her daughter move into a lonely seaside cottage reportedly haunted by the ghost of an old sea captain. But is it? Tierney and Harrison are most sympathetic here as a pair of lonely people who find each other no matter what.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Jul 23, 2011

  This is a charming and romantic period piece with two truly great actors portraying the Ghost: Rex Harrison and Mrs. Muir: Gene Tierney. It is funny, poignant and sad all at the same time and definitely provides a few laughs and a good cry!
  Arianeta L Super Reviewer
• Dec 09, 2010

  A predictable but heartfelt love story. You can see the ending coming a mile away, but it doesn't make the story any less enthralling.
  Tim S Super Reviewer

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