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Ghost Story

The Time Has Come to Tell the Tale

  • Movie
  • 1981
  • R
  • 1h 50m

Directed by John Irvin

6.0

TMDB audience rating
6.0 out of 10 from 182 votes

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Overview

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

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Cast and crew

  • Fred Astaire

    Fred AstaireRicky Hawthorne

  • Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn DouglasJohn Jaffrey

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Edward Wanderley

  • John Houseman

    John HousemanSears James

  • Craig Wasson

    Craig WassonDon / David

  • Patricia Neal

    Patricia NealStella

  • Alice Krige

    Alice KrigeEva / Alma

  • Jacqueline Brookes

    Jacqueline BrookesMilly

  • Miguel Fernandes

    Miguel FernandesGregory Bate

  • Lance HolcombFenny Bate

  • Mark Chamberlin

    Mark ChamberlinYoung John Jaffrey

  • Tim Choate

    Tim ChoateYoung Ricky Hawthorne

  • Kurt JohnsonYoung Edward Wanderley

  • Ken Olin

    Ken OlinYoung Sears James

  • Brad Sullivan

    Brad SullivanSheriff Hardesty

  • Michael O'Neill

    Michael O'NeillChurchill

  • Guy Boyd

    Guy BoydOmar Norris

  • Robert BurrPrincipal

Director
John Irvin
Writer
Lawrence D. Cohen and Peter Straub
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff