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Ghost Story

The Time Has Come to Tell the Tale

1981 · R · 1h 50m

Directed by John Irvin

6.0

TMDB audience score
182 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Fred Astaire
    Ricky Hawthorne

  • Melvyn Douglas
    John Jaffrey

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Edward Wanderley

  • John Houseman
    Sears James

  • Craig Wasson
    Don / David

  • Patricia Neal
    Stella

  • Alice Krige
    Eva / Alma

  • Jacqueline Brookes
    Milly

  • Miguel Fernandes
    Gregory Bate

  • Lance Holcomb
    Fenny Bate

  • Mark Chamberlin
    Young John Jaffrey

  • Tim Choate
    Young Ricky Hawthorne

  • Kurt Johnson
    Young Edward Wanderley

  • Ken Olin
    Young Sears James

  • Brad Sullivan
    Sheriff Hardesty

  • Michael O'Neill
    Churchill

  • Guy Boyd
    Omar Norris

  • Robert Burr
    Principal