The Spirit Is Willing

The Spirit Is Willing

100 mins | Comedy | July 7, 1967

When Ben and Kate Powell (Sid Caesar and Vera Miles) rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve (Barry Gordon) gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts. Another of 'exploitation king' William Castle's supernatural films, this one is studded with familiar character actors including Harvey Lembeck, Mary Wickes, John McGiver, Doodles Weaver, Jesse White and John ("Gomez Addams") Astin.

The Spirit Is Willing

100 mins | Comedy | July 7, 1967

The Spirit Is Willing
When Ben and Kate Powell (Sid Caesar and Vera Miles) rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve (Barry Gordon) gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts. Another of 'exploitation king' William Castle's supernatural films, this one is studded with familiar character actors including Harvey Lembeck, Mary Wickes, John McGiver, Doodles Weaver, Jesse White and John ("Gomez Addams") Astin.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Paramount, William Castle Productions
Original title The Spirit Is Willing
Directors William Castle
Writers Ben Starr

Cast

Sid Caesar

as Ben Powell

Vera Miles

as Kate Powell

Barry Gordon

as Steve Powell

John McGiver

as Uncle George

Cass Daley

as Felicity Twitchell

Ricky Cordell

as Miles Thorpe

Mary Wickes

as Gloria Tritt

Jesse White

as Fess Dorple

Robert Donner

as Ebenezer Twitchell

Nestor Paiva

as Felicity's Father

Doodles Weaver

as Booper Mellish

Jay C. Flippen

as Mother

Jill Townsend

as Jenny / Priscilla Weems / Carol Weems

John Astin

as Dr. Frieden

Harvey Lembeck

as Capt. Pederson