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Ghost Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Irvin released in USA on 18 december 1981 with Fred Astaire
Ghost Story (1981)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 december 1981
Length 1h50
Directed by John Irvin
OriginUSA
Themes Ghost films
Rating62%
Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas (who died four months before the film's release), and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont, Saratoga Springs, New York and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
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The plot is taken from the novel of the same name by Straub, but greatly changes and simplifies it.Actors
Fred Astaire
(Ricky Hawthorne)
Melvyn Douglas
(Dr. John Jaffrey)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
(Edward Charles Wanderley)
John Houseman
(Sears James)
Alice Krige
(Eva Galli / Alma Mobley)
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