A Useful Ghost: A New Modern Classic
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.
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An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.
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An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Michael Pertwee
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Runtime:90 minutes
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Mario Zampi
Director
Jimmy Edwards
Professor Jim Edwards
Arthur Howard
Mr. Oliver Pettigrew
Martita Hunt
Lady Emily Gore-Willoughby
Sydney Tafler
Sid Biggs
Raymond Huntley
Garrick-Jones
Reginald Beckwith
Bishop Wendover
Vanda Hudson
Matron
Melvyn Hayes
Cecil Biggs
Mitch Mitchell
Peregrine Wendover
Donald Hewlett
Hamley
Richard Briers
Colbourne
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