The Spirit Is Willing
“Kiss-Hungry Girl Ghosts Looking for a Live Lover in a Haunted House of Mayhem.”
1967•NR•1h 40m•5.5•Released
ComedyHorror
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.
Director
William Castle
Writer
Ben Starr
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
William Castle Productions
Producer
William Castle
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