The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home

79 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 8, 1940

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

The Ghost Comes Home

79 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 8, 1940

The Ghost Comes Home
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Ghost Comes Home
Directors Wilhelm Thiele
Writers Georg Kaiser, Harry Ruskin, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Frank Morgan

as Vernon 'Vern' Adams

Billie Burke

as Cora Adams

Ann Rutherford

as Billie Adams

John Shelton

as Lanny Shea

Reginald Owen

as Hemingway

Donald Meek

as Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.

Don Castle

as Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member

Nat Pendleton

as Roscoe

Frank Albertson

as Ernest

Harold Huber

as Tony

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Ambrose Bundy

Ann Morriss

as Myra

Tom Rutherford

as Mortimer Hopkins, Jr.

Renie Riano

as Sarah Osborn

Richard Carle

as John Reed Thomas

King Baggot

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

William A. Boardway

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

Buck

as Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

as Townsman on Street (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

as Club Patron (uncredited)

George Golden

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Pipe-Smoking Pedestrian (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as The Mayor (uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren

as Nightclub Flower Girl (uncredited)

Edward Kilroy

as Clerk (uncredited)

Claude King

as Chester B. Morlick - Thomas' Lawyer (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

as Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

as Myra's Gangster Friend at Bar (uncredited)

Richard Neill

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

William Newell

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Passerby Pointing Out Steamship Line (uncredited)

Thomas Pogue

as Man at Banquet (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

as Club Patron (uncredited)

J. Lewis Smith

as Lefty (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as Tim Leary (uncredited)

Terry

as Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

Bess Wade

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Bobby Watson

as Waldo (uncredited)

Max Linder

as Club Patron (uncredited)