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18 December 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
The time has come to tell the tale.
Plot:
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret...
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(9 articles)
2012 Annihilates Box Office Numbers
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2009 Reaper Awards Winners!
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2009 Reaper Awards Winners!
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Good ghost movie.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Fred Astaire | ... | Ricky Hawthorne |
 | Melvyn Douglas | ... | Dr. John Jaffrey |
 | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | Edward Charles Wanderley |
 | John Houseman | ... | Sears James |
| Craig Wasson | ... | Don Wanderley / David Wanderley |
| Patricia Neal | ... | Stella Hawthorne |
| Alice Krige | ... | Eva Galli / Alma Mobley |
| Jacqueline Brookes | ... | Milly |
| Miguel Fernandes | ... | Gregory Bate |
| Lance Holcomb | ... | Fenny Bate |
| Mark Chamberlin | ... | Young Jaffrey |
| Tim Choate | ... | Young Hawthorne |
| Kurt Johnson | ... | Young Wanderley |
| Ken Olin | ... | Young James |
| Brad Sullivan | ... | Sheriff Hardesty |
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110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:16 |
West Germany:16 |
Spain:18 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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Young Ricky Hawthorne says, "I can't dance." Old Ricky Hawthorne is played by Fred Astaire. This line wasn't in the novel.
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Continuity: When Ricky is having the car dragged up from the lake, it changes between day and night several times.
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Referenced in What Lies Beneath (2000)
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Soundtrack:
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
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What's with the Bate brothers? What do they have to do with the ghost?A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
Why does Alma tell David 'I am you?'
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I was actually surprised at how good this movie was. It is based on the book by Peter Straub (which I have never read) about a society of four old friends who all share a dark secret concerning their past. They begin experiencing haunting dreams and visions that soon lead to them dying one at a time. The four old farts who star in this do a very good job (including Fred Astaire - this being his last film) and the effects are fairly nasty and well-done. Not much gore, but it has it's share of creepiness and dark atmosphere that make up for it. I would say this movie definitely worthy of checking out - it is an entertaining "Ghost Story".