The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
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Cast & Crew
Lucy Muir, Lucia
Capt. Daniel Gregg
Miles Fairley, Uncle Ned
Martha Huggins
Anna Muir (as an Adult)
Mrs. Miles Fairley
Critic Reviews for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (17)
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The film's whimsy is a bit heavy-handed and it is short on wit, style and ingenuity. Yet most of it is pleasant enough fun, and pretty to watch.
March 2, 2018 | Full Review… -
The direction is smooth and the script has a relaxed good taste as it deals with piquant situations. Even the bit parts are played with distinction.
March 11, 2020 | Full Review… -
'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir' easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and it's still a charming and captivating film more than 60 years later.
December 10, 2013 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review… -
[Tierney's] her somewhat stiff presence seems appropriate to the formality of the period while her astonishing beauty is only enhanced by the many layers of clothing women were expected to wear at the time.
July 3, 2012 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… -
Charming family classic is also thought-provoking.
January 2, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
It didn't move me as much as I think it should have.
March 31, 2010 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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Sep 07, 2018What 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
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May 23, 2018With a moving score by Bernard Herrmann this atmospheric piece of cinema becomes one of the great screen romances, ocean waves poetically crashing against the shore and all. 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.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Jul 23, 2011This 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
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Dec 09, 2010A 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
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Quotes
| Lucy Muir: | "I want Gull Cottage." |
| Lucy Muir: | I want Gull Cottage. |
| Ghost of Capt. Daniel Gregg: | “And now, you'll never be tired again. Come my dear.” |
| Ghost of Capt. Daniel Gregg: | And now, you'll never be tired again. Come my dear. |
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