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67% Critic Match
Blackbeard's Ghost
“He's out'a sight...literally!”
6.7 / 10• 1968• 1h 46m•G• English
ComedyFantasyFamily
Storyline
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Cast & Crew
Peter Ustinov
Captain Blackbeard
Lead
Dean Jones
Steve Walker
Suzanne Pleshette
Jo Anne Baker
Elsa Lanchester
Emily Stowecroft
Richard Deacon
Dean Wheaton
Joby Baker
Silky Seymour
Elliott Reid
TV Commentator
Norman Grabowski
Virgil
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Stevenson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Blackbeard's Ghost is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
