When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
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| Peter O'Toole | ... | Peter Plunkett | |
| Donal McCann | ... | Eamon | |
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Mary Coughlan | ... | Katie |
| Liz Smith | ... | Mrs. Plunkett | |
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Tom Hickey | ... | Sampson |
| Tony Rohr | ... | Christy | |
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Hilary Reynolds | ... | Patricia |
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Isolde Cazelet | ... | Julia |
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Little John Nee | ... | Gateman (as Little John) |
| Steve Guttenberg | ... | Jack Crawford | |
| Beverly D'Angelo | ... | Sharon Brogan Crawford | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Miranda | |
| Peter Gallagher | ... | Brother Tony | |
| Martin Ferrero | ... | Malcolm | |
| Connie Booth | ... | Marge | |
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When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts. Among the tourists are married couple Jack and Sharon. Sharon's father holds the mortgage on Castle Plunkett, so she's hoping to debunk the ghosts. Jack, on the other hand, after meeting pretty ghost Mary, is very eager to believe. Can there be love between a human and ghost? Jack and Mary are going to try and find out. Written by April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>
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18 November 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$17,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,308,250, 20 November 1988, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
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(uncredited)
Music by Peter Francklyn (i.e. Robert Gill)
De Wolfe Music Ltd
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Peter Gallagher and Darryl Hannah both starred together in "Summer Lovers. See more »Goofs
When the flying banshee smashes into Sharon and Jack's bathroom window Sharon has a white face mask on but when she goes down stairs her mask is gone. See more »Quotes
Martin Brogan: [trying to seduce Sharon] Madam, for you I missed my wedding for the first time in years, that's how much I want you. Sure, I know I'm a ghost and a murderer but forget about all that.See more »
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The end credits show the cast under three headings, first 'The Irish', then 'The Americans', and finally 'The Ghosts' See more »Alternate Versions
There exists a print of this film that was Neil Jordan's original vision of this movie. It contains a much more serious tone than the theatrical release, and is much more of a fun mystery. There is a lot more footage of Liam Neeson's character, and the ghosts are allowed to have much more of a plot, than in the theatrical release. Rumor has it, that when the studio saw this cut, they had no idea how to market it, so they had it re-cut against Neil Jordan's wishes (he was allegedly locked out of the editing room at this point). There was a shortened version of this cut available on video in Japan. See more »Soundtracks
Sinister Street Section(uncredited)
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Maybe I have a warped sense of humour (or just a very British one) but I laugh every time I see this film, and I've seen it well over a 100 times over the years. It is genuinely funny, the script is witty and the actors superb. This is one of my all time favourite rainy day films. No matter how times I watch it there are still little things I'd not noticed or things I'd forgotten happen. I strongly suggest getting this film out next time it's raining and you're stuck indoors, and if anyone from the BBC is reading, please put it on next bank holiday!!