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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ()

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In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
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Lucy Muir
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Capt. Daniel Gregg
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Miles Fairley
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Martha Huggins
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Anna Muir as an Adult
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Mrs. Miles Fairley
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Mr. Coombe
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Anna Muir as a Child
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Angelica Muir
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Eva Muir
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Author Displaced by Lucy (uncredited)
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Man Ordered Out of Train Compartment by Captain (uncredited)
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Sproule - London Publisher (uncredited)
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Enquiries at Sproule's (uncredited)
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Porter (uncredited)
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Bill - Anna's Fiance (uncredited)
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Gardener (uncredited)
David Thursby ...
Mr. Scroggins (uncredited)
Heather Wilde ...
Fairley Maid (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Philip Dunne ... (screen play)
 
R.A. Dick ... (from the novel by) (as R. A. Dick)

Produced by

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Fred Kohlmar ... producer

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Bernard Herrmann

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Charles Lang ... director of photography (as Charles Lang Jr.)

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Dorothy Spencer

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George W. Davis ... (as George Davis)
Richard Day

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Thomas Little ... (set decorations)
Stuart A. Reiss ... (set decorations) (as Stewart Reiss)

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Eleanor Behm ... (costumes)

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist

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Ben Silvey ... unit manager (uncredited)

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F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Bernard Freericks ... sound
Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)

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Fred Sersen ... special photographic effects

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Oleg Cassini ... costume designer: Gene Tierney
Charles Le Maire ... wardrobe director
Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Ray C. Moore ... location manager (uncredited)

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Bernard Herrmann ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Constance Collier ... dialogue director (uncredited)
Arthur Pierson ... dialogue director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In 1900, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-laws' London home to the English seaside with her adolescent daughter Anna (Natalie Wood) and their long-devoted maid Martha (Edna Best). Despite the rental agent trying to dissuade her, Lucy decides to rent Gull Cottage at Whitecliff-by-the-Sea. She learns firsthand before she makes the decision the rental agent's hesitance is because the cottage is haunted, supposedly by its now deceased former owner, seaman Captain Daniel Gregg (Sir Rex Harrison). After she moves in, she does meet the spirit of Captain Gregg face-to-face. Because she refuses to be scared away by his presence, the two come to an understanding, including that he will not make his presence known to Anna. As time progresses, the two develop a friendship and a bond. Despite his statements to her that she needs to live her life including finding another husband, Daniel seems not to approve of any of the men that enter her life, including the most serious, children's author Miles Fairley (George Sanders). Because of his feelings for her, Daniel eventually has to decide if being a part of her life is more a benefit or hindrance to her in carrying on with the living, regardless of perhaps not being able to carry out his initial goal of realizing his vision for Gull Cottage if he leaves. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Is Lucy Muir's love really a ghost, or is it a man of flesh and blood she yearns for? See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'aventure de Madame Muir (France)
  • Ein Gespenst auf Freiersfüßen (Germany)
  • El fantasma y la señora Muir (Spain)
  • Duh i gospođa Muir (Croatia)
  • Mrs. Muir ziet spoken (Netherlands)
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Trivia The word "muir" means "sea" in Scots Gaelic. Many times sailors are said to have been "married" to the sea, or that the only woman they ever loved was the sea. See more »
Goofs The movie opens at the turn of the century when Anna is about 6-8 years old. About 10 or so years later, when she comes home from college, everyone is dressed as if it were the 1940s. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008). See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: LONDON at the turn of the century. See more »
Quotes Captain Daniel Gregg: You must make your own life amongst the living and, whether you meet fair winds or foul, find your own way to harbor in the end.
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