The Canterville Ghost

TV Movie
19861986
PGPG
1h 35min

A girl befriends a mischievous English ghost trying to scare her family (his descendants) back to America.A girl befriends a mischievous English ghost trying to scare her family (his descendants) back to America.A girl befriends a mischievous English ghost trying to scare her family (his descendants) back to America.

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Director
- Paul Bogart
Writers
- George Zateslo(teleplay)
- Oscar Wilde(story)
- Sue Grafton
Stars

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Alyssa Milano and Ted Wass in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

Alyssa Milano and Spencer Chandler in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

Alyssa Milano in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

John Gielgud in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

Alyssa Milano, Andrea Marcovicci, and Ted Wass in The Canterville Ghost (1986)

A girl befriends a mischievous English ghost trying to scare her family (his descendants) back to America.

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Taglines
- The castle they inherited features 48 rooms and one cranky ghost!
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Ted Wass, father of Alyssa Milano in this movie, directed her fifteen years later on Spin City (1996) season five, episode seventeen, "Rain on My Charades".

Goofs
As Harry drives Jennifer home, he suddenly slams on the brakes, yet the white car following very closely behind does not run into him. It completely vanishes from existence with the application of the brakes.

Quotes
Jennifer Canterville: God bless you.
Sir Simon de Canterville: What?
Jennifer Canterville: I said "God bless you."
Sir Simon de Canterville: Why would He do that?
Jennifer Canterville: Because you sneezed.
Sir Simon de Canterville: Don't be foolish. Ghosts don't sneeze.
Jennifer Canterville: You know, you've been here for over a week. You've probably caught a cold.
Sir Simon de Canterville: Impossible. Ghosts don't catch cold.
Jennifer Canterville: Nevertheless, you've caught a cold.

Connections
References The Court Jester (1955)

Top review

10/10

An entertaining and charming movie...

A wonderful movie, that can still be enjoyed today by both children and adults. Aylssa Milano acted beautifully, captivating her audience, and creating a movie that ensures the audiences continued attention.

While it is an older movie, it is definitely a throwback to the good old days of family entertainment, and continues to prove it's worth in the entertainment segment of today. A must watch for everyone out there.

Regardless of your age or sex, it is certainly a movie that everyone can appreciate, with quality acting (we watched it on an old VCR tape from 1986!) If you've ever seen this on t.v. you've got to go out and purchase it on DVD to share with your own families!

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