Starring Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne, Derek Aylward, Sam Kydd
Directed by Montgomery Tully
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A struggling married couple receive an unexpected windfall when the wife is bequeathed the home of her aunt, but after they move in they discover it's haunted by a ghost.
An interesting British film based on Laurence Meynell's novel, that although it's not a comedy, features not a horrific but a more mischievous ghost who generally leaves the other dwellers alone, until Dainton's character is wronged by her husband. Wright, playing the husband, is okay, but doesn't deliver a performance worthy of the cad his character is, an alcoholic writer who continually demeans his wife, and has the nerve to steal money from her to give to his mistress. Dainton fares better, with a nice moxie on display when she stands up to Wright and refuses his ideas that will bring them back to poverty's door. The focus is more on their relationship than the ghost, and don't expect anything major as far as special effects, which are quite limited, but I still enjoyed the film. I was rather intrigued by the musical score, which includes a theme whose first several notes are reminiscent of the theme to TV's One Step Beyond, somewhat fitting as the story, with it's supernatural presence and fiery climax, could have certainly appeared on that series.
Where do you find these lost treasures? Yet another film I don't know and would like to see. Putting it on my list! You are an inspiration!
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