The Ghost Comes Home

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The Ghost Comes Home

1940

1h 19m

5.7(3 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

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45 members

Acting

Frank Morgan

Vernon 'Vern' Adams

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Billie Burke

Cora Adams

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Ann Rutherford

Billie Adams

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John Shelton

Lanny Shea

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Reginald Owen

Hemingway

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Donald Meek

Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.

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Don Castle

Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member

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Nat Pendleton

Roscoe

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Frank Albertson

Ernest

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Harold Huber

Tony

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Hobart Cavanaugh

Ambrose Bundy

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Ann Morriss

Myra

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Tom Rutherford

Mortimer Hopkins, Jr.

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Renie Riano

Sarah Osborn

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Richard Carle

John Reed Thomas

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King Baggot

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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William A. Boardway

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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Buck

Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

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Maurice Costello

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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Jules Cowles

Townsman on Street (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Club Patron (uncredited)

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George Golden

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Eddie Hall

Pipe-Smoking Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Charles Halton

Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited)

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Mahlon Hamilton

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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Edward Hearn

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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Frank Jaquet

The Mayor (uncredited)

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Suzanne Kaaren

Nightclub Flower Girl (uncredited)

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Edward Kilroy

Clerk (uncredited)

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Claude King

Chester B. Morlick - Thomas' Lawyer (uncredited)

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Horace McMahon

Dave - the Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Louis Natheaux

Myra's Gangster Friend at Bar (uncredited)

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Richard Neill

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

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William Newell

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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Wedgwood Nowell

Passerby Pointing Out Steamship Line (uncredited)

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Thomas Pogue

Man at Banquet (uncredited)

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Loretta Russell

Club Patron (uncredited)

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J. Lewis Smith

Lefty (uncredited)

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Ben Taggart

Tim Leary (uncredited)

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Terry

Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)

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Bess Wade

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Bobby Watson

Waldo (uncredited)

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Max Linder

Club Patron (uncredited)

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