The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
THE SPIRIT... so willing! THE FLESH... so weak! THE ROMANCE... so wonderful!
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A tender, whimsical romance between a widow and a ghost that celebrates companionship, independence, and the transcendent nature of love across the boundary between life and death.
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
Essence
Ensemble
Gene Tierney
Lucy Muir
Rex Harrison
Capt. Daniel Gregg
George Sanders
Miles Fairley
Edna Best
Martha Huggins
Vanessa Brown
Anna Muir as an Adult
Anna Lee
Mrs. Fairley
Robert Coote
Mr. Coombe
Natalie Wood
Anna Muir as a Child
Isobel Elsom
Angelica Muir
Victoria Horne
Eva Muir
Stuart Holmes
Man Ordered Out of Train Compartment by Captain (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson
Gardener (uncredited)
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