In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
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Title: Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Peter Sellers | ... | Dick Scratcher | |
| Anthony Franciosa | ... | Pierre Rodriguez | |
| Spike Milligan | ... | Bill Bombay | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Bay of Algiers | |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Ras Mohammed | |
| James Villiers | ... | Parsley-Freck | |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Hamidos | |
| Thomas Baptiste | ... | Andullah | |
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Richard Willis | ... | Jeremiah |
| Bill Kerr | ... | Giacomo | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Pontius Kak | |
| David Lodge | ... | Zante | |
| Rosemary Leach | ... | Kate | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Nick Apostolides | ... | Extra |
| Kadrolsha Ona Carole | ... | Extra / Teen Girl | |
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A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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slapstick comedy | pirate movie | reference to god | boat | pirate captain |Taglines:
First he buried the Captain's treasure. Then he buried the Captain.Certificate:
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Pirate Cook: It's bean stew.
Pirate 1: Never mind what it's been, what is it now?
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The film was long thought to be unfinished and incomplete, and so never received a cinematic release. It was semi-completed and first released on VHS in the USA in 1984, and on DVD for the first time in 2016. See more »Goofs
When Bill Bombay throws a cannonball supposedly made of silver at Scratcher's head it bounces off, hits the water and floats away. See more »Quotes
Pirate 1: What do you call this?Pirate Cook: It's bean stew.
Pirate 1: Never mind what it's been, what is it now?
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1974 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Ghost in the Noonday Sun See more »Filming Locations:
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK See more »Edit
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I just saw the Ghost of Peter Sellers, a documentary about this ill fated film. Its the best documentary I've seen about a movie going wrong. As a filmmaker, I think every director should watch it. Its even better than Lost in la Mancha, because it was directed by the same director who shot the dreadful movie, Peter Medak.