
In 1900, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-law's house in London 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 i... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1900, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-law's house in London 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.
Leave your thoughts about The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
| Common Sense MediaScott G. MignolaCharming family classic is also thought-provoking. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordLyrical, touching romance, carmingly old-fashioned |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumTop fantasy film of any time; featuring Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney. |
| TIME MagazineJames AgeeThe film's whimsy is a bit heavy-handed and it is short on wit, style and ingenuity. Yet most of it is pleasant enough fun, and pretty to watch. |
| Movie MetropolisJames Plath'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir' easily could have stumbled into melodrama or dramedy. It works as well as it does because of understatement, and it's still a charming and captivating film more than 60 years later. |
| PopMattersSarah Boslaugh[Tierney's] her somewhat stiff presence seems appropriate to the formality of the period while her astonishing beauty is only enhanced by the many layers of clothing women were expected to wear at the time. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt didn't move me as much as I think it should have. |
| User ReviewPierluigi PDefinitely a classic. I'm adding it to my must see recomendations. |
| User ReviewPriyu Kframe for frame perfection, rex harrison is a funny ghost, gene tierney is graceful as always, mankiewicz often hits the spots. one of the greats. and definitely one of his best. |
| User ReviewAndré DEl director Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("All About Eve") nos ofrece otra obra maestra acerca de una mujer viuda (Gene Tierney) y su romantica relacion con el fantasma de un marino (Rex Harrison). Una historia triste, oscura pero con un inmenso corazon que lo dejara sin aliento. |