The Spirit Is Willing

1h 40m
Comedy
5.4

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts.

Cast

Sid Caesar
Ben Powell
Vera Miles
Kate Powell
Barry Gordon
Steve Powell
John McGiver
Uncle George
Cass Daley
Felicity Twitchell
Ricky Cordell
Miles Thorpe
Mary Wickes
Gloria Tritt
Jesse White
Fess Dorple
Robert Donner
Ebenezer Twitchell
Nestor Paiva
Felicity's Father
Doodles Weaver
Booper Mellish
Jay C. Flippen
Mother
Jill Townsend
Jenny / Priscilla Weems / Carol Weems
John Astin
Dr. Frieden
Harvey Lembeck
Capt. Pederson (uncredited)
William Castle
Mr. Hymer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Drug Store Owner (uncredited)

Crew

William Castle
Director, Producer
Ben Starr
Screenplay
Nathaniel Benchley
Novel
Edwin H. Bryant
Editor
Harold E. Stine
Cinematography
Dona Holloway
Associate Producer
Vic Mizzy
Original Music Composer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction

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